How do you decline a job offer politely?
Whether it's because you have multiple offers,
it just wasn't the right fit for you,
or you just simply decided not to make a move,
you need to know how to reject a job offer. And when you decline the job offer,
you want to do so in a way that doesn't burn any bridges.
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You're here because you need to know how to decline a job offer politely.
And I'm just going to get right into it. Now,
if you watched my video about evaluating a job offer,
you've already gone through the steps,
and you've already identified why you are going to decline this job offer.
Maybe as you were going through the interview process,
you realized that the company culture just wasn't the best fit.
Or you accepted another offer, because you had multiple offers.
And there was something else that was going to get you to your career goal,
or to your salary goal, a lot faster than this opportunity.
Or maybe you followed all my negotiation advice.
But the salary negotiation just couldn't quite get you
to the point where you wanted it to be out for the next step in your career.
Taking the time to identify exactly why you want to
decline this job offer is really important.
Because you want to make sure that it is the best next step.
As soon as you decline the job offer,
they're probably going to proceed to the next candidate.
If you have a change of heart, or a change of mind,
you're not necessarily going to be able to boomerang. That said,
they may actually come back and counter offer with something like more money,
a better title. Be aware of those things and know the reason why,
so that if there is a lever that could be pulled
that you just weren't able to negotiate,
that you are very clear as to the reasons
why you're not accepting the job right now.
The next step is you're actually going to
send a message to decline the job offer.
For the hard career conversations,
I'm generally a big advocate for having those conversations
either on phone or in person. This is one of the caveats.
Because generally when you are at the point where
you're actually going to decline the job offer,
it is because you have made the decision that this isn't the job for you.
So in this case, sending an email is going to be an effective way of doing so.
That said, you want to be very kind, courteous, and polite when you do that.
And that obviously is why you're here.
You are going to open up the message by expressing gratitude.
You are going to thank them for taking the time to interview you,
to meet with you, and to extend the opportunity to you. However,
you were going to say that you regret to inform
them that at this time you are declining the job offer. In the second component,
what I want you to do is indicate the things that you are grateful for.
So for example, if the manager that you would have
reported to seems really incredible or the team was really fun, say that.
But then note the actual reason why you are declining. For example,
it could look something like this.
While the company's value and mission really resonated,
I did have another offer that I accepted because it aligned closer to career
goals. You want it to be concise here. You want it to be complimentary.
But you also want to be straight forward in the reason why you are declining.
You want to balance this component of your message with both being clear,
and with also being very complimentary.
Because you never know when you're going to want to open that door.
Or where that person is going to go that is going to
be a door that you want to open in future.
Now you're going to send this message to the person
who extended the job offer to you.
That in all likelihood is going to be the recruiter. You also want to,
at the end of the message, ask them to pass along your gratitude to everyone who
participated in the interview process,
and let them know how much you enjoyed meeting them. Of course,
if the people that you met with were jerks,
and that's why you're not accepting it, you can leave this piece out. Finally,
I also do suggest that you message the hiring manager -
if that isn't the person that you were communicating
with about the actual job offer. Again, just to express gratitude, say thanks,
and wish them the best of luck and future.
If you're looking for some actual scripts
that you can use when you send this message, head over to my blog post,
it's actually linked down below,
and you can grab one of the scripts and work with it
so that you send out very professional, very polite, decline to the job offer.
I'd love to know when you decline the job offer,
did they actually come back to you to sweeten the pot?
Let me know in the comments down below if that has happened to you -
or it did happen in this case?
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I hope that you enjoyed this video,
and I want to congratulate you on the offer that you did get,
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for investing the time to make sure that declining the
job offer is done in a way that's polite and professional.
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