4 Ways to Determine If a Company Is Right for You

By Allie Mitchell on November 27, 2016

Growing up, we all ultimately want to fit in somewhere, whether it is in school with a certain group of people, with our own families, or within our work communities.

Your job is a place where you want to be accepted, seeing that it is some place that can take you higher in your future career. You want to feel a sense of accomplishment when you are at work or at least be moderately happy in what you are doing.

Sometimes when looking for jobs, reading the little synopsis about the job doesn’t always well … do the job. You will need to do further digging into what the company has to offer, especially if the job is one that you would consider basically your dream job. You want to make sure that dream isn’t just a dream in the long run. The backbone  of the company and what you see in a company is summed up as the “company’s culture.”

The company culture is chalked up to be simply the company’s visions, values, language and beliefs. The culture of the company is within the genetic code of the company that has nothing to do with the employees. The employees help keep it intact most times or they help enhance it when the company includes the “right” set of people.

When you look into a company that you want to be a part of, you need to make sure the company culture matches you on the inside. You don’t want to be a part of something that you don’t get along with or that you can’t handle. Yes, people can grow into something or grow along with it, but sometimes you just don’t “fit” and you never will, so you need to find a place where you do.

Most people don’t know if they fit into a company. Here are a few ways to figure out if a company is right for you and more importantly, if you are right for it.

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1. Check it out: A simple and easy step is to check out the company online. Check out the website and look even deeper than that. You can look online to see how past employees like working there sometimes. If the company has a motto, see if it’s something you can stand behind. Or read into what their goals are and read thoroughly about what they do and how they get things done.

You want to make sure that you will be getting the most out of this job even before you go into the interview stage. It is important to know how you will be spending your time and if you will fit into the environment in which you are spending it.

2. Motivation: You need to think about you and you alone. What drives you and what motivates you to be the person you are? If a company doesn’t help enhance that or help motivate you personally, why would you want to work for them? Really … why would you?

You want to think about a time when you had a good work experience and try to model it in your next job, but try to make it much better.

3. Happiness: There are people who have the luxury of working in an environment that makes them happy, because maybe it is really easy for them to figure out what makes them happy and for them to find it. In your case, you need to start thinking backwards, meaning that you need to think about what makes you unhappy and see if the company you want to work for fits into the profile.

Do you dislike quiet workplaces? Then find a more energetic workplace; make sure your workplace will make you happy and keep you there.

4. Your Lifestyle: Is the company you are looking at one of those that won’t let you leave until everyone’s work is done? Or is it a company that makes everyone bond over meals together? That may not be you, or you may not know it is you until you look further into it.

A company can have huge impact on your lifestyle, since you will be spending a good chunk of your time at that place. You don’t want a company lifestyle that makes you miserable at work, but then also makes you miserable when you come home.

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In the end, a company culture tends to coincide with what your personal career values are. When you match them up, it can make a great work life for you and the company as a whole because you have made a perfect fit.

Thinking about yourself and what you are looking for to help you achieve the goals that you want should help you be able to make a rational decision when choosing to accept a job or not.

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