Your first job as a fresh graduate is often the most memorable. This will be the first time you would have to deal with an eccentric boss, daily office politics, budgeting your pay to support your lifestyle and having to deal with productivity all the time or else get terminated.

The pressure of finding a job right after college will always be there. After college, the student loan has to be dealt with as soon as possible or else the debt will pile up with the interest rate. If a student cannot find a job in a year, the student loan will grow considerably that will add a few more years of monthly payment just to completely pay it off.

That is why a fresh graduate might end up in a completely wrong job. Fearing the lack of financial support from parents and the mounting debt from college, fresh graduates might take what they could just to deal with their financial problems.

Instead of dealing with the problem head on, a wrong job might cost more as this will be psychologically debilitating. Aside from the lack of career advancement, there is even a chance of physical pain if the fresh graduate ends up with the wrong job.

Asking Before Accepting

Always ask questions before accepting the job offer. You may know a lot about the company before you were hired but there are still things that you need to cover before you can actually accept the job offer. When you are offered a job, you will know how much you will earn a month, the benefits and the number of vacation days you are given each year.

That alone might be enough to persuade you to accept the job but you are placing yourself in danger since you do not know what you need to do for the company exactly.

More than the Job Description

The reason you applied for the job is that job requirement fits your expertise and education. But that’s not the only information that you need to know. You need to know what the company could give you aside from a decent salary. You need to have a good working conditions or at least a working condition that will fit to your requirement.

For example, there are companies who might not provide you ample lunch time. An hour of lunch break might be more than enough for you but there are companies who will give you only 30 minutes to enjoy your lunch and recuperate for the afternoon tasks.

The data that you should also look for are the small perks at work. Of course you will be ask to be productive but you can ask for additional incentives.

You might be pushing too far as to ask if there are incentives but it will never hurt to ask. After all, you are already offered with a job and all you need to do is sign it.  Make sure that your working conditions will fit your preferences. You do not have to force yourself to a job that you do not like as this will only hurt your career.