{"id":541,"date":"2010-07-07T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-07T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/blog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2010-09-23T21:54:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T01:54:00","slug":"the-right-questions-to-ask-a-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/the-right-questions-to-ask-a-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Questions to ask a Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/t3.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:Hv7H3P4WSkxseM:http:\/\/blogs.jobdig.com\/wwds\/files\/2008\/10\/boss_cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> Knowing what is important to your boss may affect how you\u2019ll do at a company or in a particular department. Her surroundings can tell you a lot, too, like whether she\u2019s serious (door closed, pristine office) or more relaxed (open door, pictures of her kids and dog on her desk).<\/p>\n<h4>What to Ask<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>How often do you like your team to check in?<\/li>\n<li>How will my work be evaluated? And how often?<\/li>\n<li>How often do reviews occur?<\/li>\n<li>Besides performance, how are compensation and bonuses determined?<\/li>\n<li>What opportunities will I have for career advancement?<\/li>\n<li>Could you describe what a typical day would be like in this job? What percentage of my day is likely to be filled with meetings?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a formal system of mentoring here?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>source: <\/em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.realsimple.com\/work-life\/life-strategies\/right-questions-to-ask-10000001620582\/page2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">realsimple.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salaryfor.com\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color: #3399cc;\">click here for more salary information<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing what is important to your boss may affect how you\u2019ll do at a company or in a particular department. Her surroundings can tell you a lot, too, like whether she\u2019s serious (door closed, pristine office) or more relaxed (open door, pictures of her kids and dog on her desk). What to Ask How often [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[491,759,763,13,764,761,39,762,760],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-job-advice","tag-boss","tag-career-advancement","tag-desk","tag-job","tag-lot","tag-mentoring","tag-salary-information","tag-surroundings","tag-typical-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salaryfor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}