How does it feel as a fresh graduate who's now entering the real world of employment? Are you hardly looking for a company that will help you with your start-up as an employee? Well, every fresh graduate student has been in that situation. The feeling of the pressure, nervousness and eagerness to enter the new world (workplace), just like how you felt nervous on your first day of class back then. 

As a fresh graduate who's hungry for a job opportunity, have you ever considered checking on the benefits present inside the company before applying? Every year, millions of fresh graduates that are looking for their first job are exploring the benefits that the company could possibly offer before applying or accepting the job offers. Also, companies nowadays are somehow transparent in terms of flaunting their benefits by including it in their posters or in their job description. 

Fresh graduates want their first job to be the stepping-stone of their career, so let me give you an idea of what benefits you should consider on finding your first job. Let's go! 

1. Salary

Salary or compensation is one of the major benefits that everyone is looking for when applying for a job. Everyone is now wisely looking for companies who have competitive salaries that could really meet the efforts of the employees. We are not only talking about the salary itself but also about the other types of benefits like life insurance, medical insurance, disability insurance and so on. Put in mind that there is also what we call minimum wages for the new employees which can satisfy them in the first place but as time goes by, this minimum wages can increase depends on the effort and the development you've given to your company. But instead of keeping an eye on the salary that the company can give you, you should also emphasis first what can you offer to the company itself.

2. Growth and Skills Developmement

Fresh graduates also focus on career development and personal growth when finding a job. Of course, salary is not the only main thing but also the improvements or the development you are also gaining inside the company. Employers provide mentoring, training and other professional development opportunities that will really boost your career development. Enhancement of your skills and knowledge might give you the chance to be promoted and get an increased salary. 

3. Work-Life balance

Most of the Millennials care about their work-life balance. Work-life balance is an important aspect of having a healthy work environment because it will help you survive both with your work and personal life. Due to Covid-19, some companies practiced WFH set-up and, by working remotely, more employees achieve the wok-life balance they need. They can work wherever they want and whenever they want but still manage to do their task efficiently and effectively. Good companies should really offer proper R&R to their employees for better employee productivity.

4. Chances of Promotion

Wondering what will happen next after all the hard work you've done for your company? When looking for job opportunities, you should also consider the chances of promotion inside the company as a criteria because who doesn't want a higher position anyways? As time goes by, after learning and contributing more to the sucess of their company, you can aim for a promotion as compensation for your hardwork. Don't settle for less if you can really prove to them you can really be an asset to their company.

Companies are down for providing more benefits to their employees, especially when you really are an asset to them. This is their strategic way to gain more outstanding employees and to bring out the best version of their current employees. Taking a deep discernment on what a company could possibly offer you inside a workplace is an advantage to do as a first timer. In that way, you will not get disappointment entering a company with poor working experience and environment. 

Be smarter at choosing the job and be clear about what you want to achieve in your future journey. But also notice that in the job market there are so many competitors that you'll ever meet. There are lots of newly graduated that really pursue the same job as yours, so be tough along the application process and bring out the best that you can when you're about to be interviewed by your chosen company. To know more about the possible questions you may get in interview, read this article to have a glimpse of how you'll be able to answer it. Also, we recommend you to find your first job on Outwiths and start creating your digital portfolio there!