More Tips on Declining a Job Offer
May 8th, 2006
My earlier post, How To: Accept and Decline Job Offers has been very successful, especially with visitors who searched the web for info on the declining portion. Since that original post was mostly about accepting job offers, I thought I would write in a little more detail about declining job offers. This post does just that, and touches on why you should always call and talk to a real person to decline a job offer, what to say when talking to that person, how to follow up using a professional letter, and issues to be mindful and tactful about when you decline a job offer.
How To: Accept and Decline Job Offers
April 14th, 2006
This is the final post of a three part series. Check out all three posts regarding the post interview job hunt process:
- How To: Compare Job Offers
- How To: Negotiate Salary Out Of College
- How To: Accept and Decline Job Offers
When faced with the opportunity to accept and or decline job offers, excitement and haste can easily come over people. If you are reading this, than you likely have avoided at least the haste… good job.
Follow a few simple steps when accepting or declining a job offer and you can score big points with your future employer or possible further down the road future employer. After all, you should look at all current job offers as a potential lead on a job offer in the future if you are declining them now.
How To: Negotiate Salary Out Of College
April 10th, 2006
This is the second of a three part series. Check out all three posts regarding the post interview job hunt process:
- How To: Compare Job Offers
- How To: Negotiate Salary Out Of College
- How To: Accept and Decline Job Offers
Great, you are graduating from college soon and have a (some?) job offers already lined up.Do you feel like because you are getting a job straight out of college and have limited experience that you are a dime a dozen? If so, I think I can convince you otherwise and prove to you that you can (and should) be demanding a top rate in terms of your job offers.
The key to being able to actually do this is to be prepared. Here are a few things that helped me increase my offers by an average of 19% on first year salary + signing bonus alone!
How To: Compare Job Offers
April 7th, 2006
This is the first of a three part series. Check out all three posts regarding the post interview job hunt process:
- How To: Compare Job Offers
- How To: Negotiate Salary Out Of College
- How To: Accept and Decline Job Offers
If you are reading this, congratulations! Aren’t choices great?
Actually, if you are anything like me, than you’re probably thinking this is a bittersweet circumstance. Of course it is great to know that you are wanted by more than one company, but at the same time, the rest of your life is on the line, and generally this is going to be a tough decision.
With some careful and logical thought, you can make this decision and know that you made the best decision you possibly could. After going pulling my hair out trying to narrow my decision in my head alone I realized that I had to go about this using a methodical process. I think you may also benefit from this process, so read on to see how I did it.
