Executive Recruitment
Should I stay or should I go?
You have just landed your dream job and you’re ecstatic, you have told all your friends and family, met the new team you will be working with and are all set to join. All you need do now is hand in your notice and negotiate a start date.
Now it is time to muster the courage and find the right opportunity to tell your boss.
Much to your surprise they are devastated; they never saw it coming and definitely do not want to lose you. You are now caught in two minds, they have suddenly found extra budget to increase your salary and alter your role to give you the opportunity you have been asking for over the past 12 months. You are in the classic dilemma of the counter offer – should I stay or should I go?
Should you stay with the company you know and remain amongst work colleagues that have turned into great friends where you feel comfortable or should you jump ship into uncharted waters setting out on a new adventure that will potentially develop your career?
Naturally, you are secretly delighted by your employer’s response and feel flattered by their attention and the positive things they are saying to you. However, it would be wise to step back and really consider what is taking place and what their motivation could be. The only thing that has changed their position is the thought of you leaving.
An employee leaving presents a number of potential problems for any business. Aside from losing a key employee they have to deal with the issue of covering your work until they replace you, the expense and time it will take to recruit and the inevitable bedding in period any new employee will have. When faced with the stark choice of finding a little extra money and making a few amendments to your role to keep you or beginning a recruitment process you would be forgiven for feeling a little cynical about their new found appreciation of you.
In the current climate we are finding businesses are already starting to plan for the upturn by offering some very exciting opportunities where they see the current market conditions as an opportunity to recruit extremely talented staff that will put them in an incredibly strong position post recession. So if you are lucky enough to be either the recruiting business securing this talent or the individual finding the opportunity do not let uncertainties over the current climate hamper your decisions, take the opportunity that exists now.
For more information please contact cliff Sewell: T:0113 242 1200 E: cliff.sewell@sewellm.co.uk