Your phone rings, it is a unknown number - you answer with much trepidation. It is someone from the graduate recruitment team following an assessment center you went to. Hurrah they have offered you the job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This should be one of those amazing moments; however, how do you deal with accepting or worse still declining an offer, and what\u00a0do you do if you have received more than one offer?<\/p>\n
Accepting an offer<\/strong><\/p>\n Firstly, it is important to check whether your offer is conditional or unconditional (the former tends to be the more likely scenario).\u00a0Your references must be satisfactory, some roles may require a disclosure and barring (DRB) <\/a>check and the offer may be subject to you completing your degree or achieving a minimum degree classification.\u00a0\u00a0If you aren't eligible to work in the UK you may need to work with your prospective employer to obtain the relevant permit<\/a> and the offer may be withdrawn if permission to work\u00a0isn't granted by the Home Office. Before you start celebrating in earnest, make sure:<\/p>\n Once you are happy that everything is in place then accept the job in writing<\/a> (email is fine!). However, be aware that your acceptance of a job is binding. It is important to remember,\u00a0you don't need to rush into accepting a job offer if you have reservations of any kind. It is far better to have a think and talk through options with a Careers Adviser.<\/a><\/p>\n Declining an offer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n If, after serious thought, you decide that the job is definitely not for you, write back thanking the organisation for the offer and politely decline it. The world of work is a small place and\u00a0\u00a0you might find you are\u00a0applying to that organisation again at a later date, so it is worth remaining on good terms. You can decline the offer either by calling the organisation, by emailing or writing.\u00a0\u00a0It is important not to waste their time and respond quickly!<\/p>\n When things are complicated....<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information you may want to look at these resources:<\/p>\n How to Handle Job Offers<\/a> by TARGETjobs <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Picture this: Your phone rings, it is a unknown number - you answer with much trepidation. It is someone from the graduate recruitment team following an assessment center you went to. Hurrah they have offered you the job. This should...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[748],"tags":[102,101],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-job-contract","tag-job-offer"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/careers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nYou have one offer but you want another<\/a> by Virginia Tech University
\nHow to deal with job and placement offers
\n<\/a>Best Practice in Graduate Recruitment Guidance<\/a> (Agreed by AGCAS \/ AGR \/NUS May 2007)<\/p>\n