Advice please: wage negotiation

[shootingstar]

I don't know how much vacation they will offer. I think I should ask for the 4 weeks I currently get, but I think I would accept 3 if the rest of the offer is good.

There is opportunity for training in this new job that is industry specific, but will still be interesting.

It's definitely a smaller company and it's been years since I've worked for one of those. In the last few years I've found the beaureucracy of the big company to be really quite a drag.

Stick to 4 wks. vacation benefit, if your salary in end, will be 20% lower. You will THANK yourself later on. However I don't know if this job offer requires a very different skill set than present one. Oh don't tell me. There's a vague job description. Those can be killers...in the distant future..if you get real good but job spec. doesn't get upgraded and they don't know how to upgrade a job to occupational standard.

As for training, pin it down to a particular course(s) or conference on annual basis as a minimum.

Do they have a well-organized human resources dept...I mean someone who is experienced in HR, manpower planning, staff development, etc. Or is it all on favours/who knows whom?

In the end, it depends how much you want to invest/learn in your job/career and what you plan to do long-term. Do you plan to always be in Vernon?

I always looked at a job from how much new knowledge and skills I could acquire..I mean hard, demonstrable skills and knowledge. This helped me alot..and helped for the periods of overtime with no extra compensation.