Maybe you are out of a job and didn’t see it coming? Perhaps you never expected it to happen and didn’t think about what a network of contacts was before?  Maybe you just found a job without much effort, and it seemed like the perfect job?  You tell yourself it just feels right.

Making a choice based on how it feels is still just a choice of the best options available. It doesn’t guarantee that the choice will work out; what happens next is the essential part of the decision.  What will be required of us after we make a choice. Before we can envision how we will function in the new job, we must have some insight into how it will be different.

If you didn’t talk to suppliers, current and past employees, and customers of your potential new employer, you still need to. Can you see yourself succeeding in this job?

If your gut is telling you whether to take the job or not, it is essential to listen because your gut is an extension of your instincts. Is it intuition or fear that you are listening to? Would more facts change those feelings? If there are more important facts, then find them and listen again.