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Includes questions you should ask yourself before accepting a job offer, a list of resources to use to gather background information on your future employer such as earnings, products, and services and other issues to consider when thinking about a job offer.

An article from the Occupational Outlook Handbook discussing a variety of factors to be considered when weighing a job offer.

The article from Black Collegian outlines major issues to be considered before deciding whether to accept a job offer.

Discussion about evaluating the pros and cons of accepting a job offer. A test is included to help you compare two positions.

Article covers non-cash compensation issues to consider when evaluating a job offer. Compensation issues include vacation and sick time, professional membership or dues, and educational assistance programs.

Negotiating the details of an offer is as much a part of the job search as resume paper and shined shoes. At the moment, however, a freaky economy has many candidates gratefully lapping up any hiring package that lands before them. But a little back and forth has its place -- good economy or bad. Points of Entry shows you how to get what you want without getting on your new boss's nerves.

Don't sell yourself short in the current economic environment. Although employers might receive an avalanche of applicants for every opening, if you're the candidate whose skills match their specific needs, you have power.