Fact: 70% of executives who accept a counteroffer are gone from that employer within 6 months.

Fact: 85% of executives who accept are gone within 18 months.

A counteroffer is an offer made by an employer in order to keep you on after you have given notice.
The most frequent counteroffers strategies include:

1. a promise of a promotion and/or a raise (most frequent response)
2. telling you are a traitor to the team or to your boss
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In the current housing market, most clients will avoid trying to move someone. I have worked with job-seekers who had an offer in a new city but then were told by realtors it would be 8-12 months before they could expect to sell their house in the previous location. Unless you are very senior, a new employer is unlikely to want to take on your transition housing costs. Add to that the possibility of having wife, kids, and husband in separate locations for the 8 months and you have a recipe for divorce. Read the rest of this entry »

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What are your salary requirements?

It makes many job applicants very uncomfortable when I tell them the best answer is usually not to answer the question as asked.

“But she asked me! She is the Director of HR, I can’t show disrespect!”

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