How to Respond to a Job Offer

Video Transcript

"You always want to respond to a job offer. My name's Gloria Campbell and I'm with Advantage Training Systems in Saint Petersburg, Florida. And here's some of the reasons how you might want to do that. First of all, always make sure that you call personally, that you actually touch base with the person who is making the job offer. Voice mail, may be o.k. to leave a message that you're trying to reach them, but do not communicate on the voice mail what your intentions are and think that that's it. You may also email them. Be careful what you put in an email. An email is public information and you never know who withing a company may actually be opening that email. I had one instance where the person who's job was being replaced, actually saw the email and the acceptance offer before the person actually had an opportunity to communicate that to the manager. You can see the manager wasn't very happy. You want to respond. Your response may be, I'm considering other offers, it may be, yes, I'd gladly accept the offer. Let's set up a time when I can come in and we can talk about some of the other things that we need to talk about with the job. Or it may be, at this time I can't. But remember, you should always personally talk with the interviewer that is making the offer. This is Gloria Campbell with Advantage Training Systems. Responding to a job offer and how you do it can make all the difference on how your relationship with that company starts out."