Imagine you are considering a new job...

Imagine you are considering a new job...
Signal	Take it as a good signal if...	Be concerned if...
People	You like the people a lot— you can relate to them, and you genuinely enjoy their company. In fact, they even think and act like you do.	You feel like you’ll need to put on a persona at work. After a visit to the company, you find yourself saying things like, “I don’t people I work with.”
Opportunity	The job gives you the opportunity to grow as a person and a professional, and you get the feeling you will learn things there that you didn’t even know you needed to learn.	You’re being hired as an expert, and upon arrival, you will most likely be the smartest person in the room.
Options	The job gives you a credential you can take with you, and is in a business and industry with a future.	The industry has peaked or has awful economics, and the company itself, for any number of reasons, will do little to expand your career options.
Ownership	You are taking the job for yourself, or you know whom you are taking it for, and feel at peace with the bargain.	You are taking the job for any number of other constituents, such as a spouse who wants you to travel less or the sixth-grade teacher who said you would never amount to anything.
Work Content	The “stuff” of the job turns your crank—you love the work, it feels fun and meaningful to you, and even touches something primal in your soul.	The job feels like a job. In taking it, you say things like, “This is just until something better comes along,” or “You can’t beat the money.”

From p.257 of Winning by Jack and Suzy Welch (2005).