hey everybody Don Georgevich here
with job interview tools I hope you're
doing well today have you ever gotten a
job offer and it wasn't the one that you
wanted I know this has happened to me
too
because when we're out there we're
interviewing for jobs maybe three
different companies at one time and then
all of a sudden one of the companies
gives us an offer but it's not from the
one that we wanted so what do we do how
do we handle a situation like that I'm
gonna give you a few ideas in this video
how you can maximize that job offer and
get the most out of it so first thing
you want to do if you get a job offer is
respond to the company let them know
that you received it and what they can
expect from you and what I mean by that
is let them know when they can hear back
so I would suggest if you get the job
offer call the company up and say hey
I've received your offer thank you very
much I will review your offer and I will
get back to you within 24 hours
this way they know you received it
you've got it and you're considering it
instead of you just ignoring them for a
couple of days while you think about
what you're gonna do
so very important let them know that you
got the job offer and when you're gonna
get back to them and also keep in mind
that responding to the offer to let them
know that you got it is not a sign of
acceptance it's just a courtesy to let
them know that hey I got your offer I'm
gonna sit on this for a day I'll get
back to you and they'll be cool with
that
trust me so when you get a job offer
from someone make sure that you respond
back to them within 24 hours to let them
know that you received it and then let
them know your time frame for when you
plan to get back to them with oh yes or
no personally I would suggest that you
don't sit on a job offer for more than
24 hours you don't want it to cool off
because if they're willing to extend an
offer to you they're expecting you to
jump on it immediately they might even
have offers out to other people too and
the first one who takes the offer gets
it so keep that in mind too that if you
don't accept it the offer could go to
somebody else so let them know what they
can expect give the 24 hour time frame
and and when they can hear back for
you now here's how you can use that job
offer to push the other employer that
you want to be app so what you can do is
you can use that job offer the one you
have as some leverage to push the other
employer into making you an offer sooner
and how that works is you simply give
them a call and you talk to them about
their position that they have open and
you ask them what the status is and
usually they're gonna say well we're
still interviewing candidates and then
what you say is you know what I really
want to work there I really love
everything you guys are doing I loved
meeting you I love the people I love the
culture I love the company I love the
products everything I really want to be
there but I have a big problem you see I
got a job offer from this company over
here one of your competitors and you can
even mention them by name if you want to
I don't know if that'll help your case
or not but let them know that you got
another job offer and say they want me
to start in two weeks now I would rather
work for you guys but if you're not if
you have no interest in hiring me then
I'm gonna go ahead and take this job
offer so basically you're calling them
out you're calling them out to make a
decision right now either to commit to
you or to let you go now this this is a
double-edged sword you could very easily
blow your chances for working there you
could they may they might say you know
what we still have to do our due
diligence and interview these other
people I'm sorry you might want to go
ahead and take that other job offer and
then you just shot yourself in the foot
you have you have nowhere to go from
there
so yeah you have to play out this
scenario do you have to think about all
the possibilities that can happen when
you try to use one job offer to leverage
another the other thing that you can do
is not say anything to that company that
you want to work at what you do is you
accept the job offer that you have I
mean it's a burden hand you you have a
job offer take it and go there and work
if the other job offer comes around then
you can just respectfully resign now I
don't recommend this because it's a lot
of effort for a company to bring someone
on and to bring them through the hiring
process only to have them quit in two or
three weeks but you also have to do
what's in your best interest you have to
do what's right for you
and it might be a little yucky and messy
to have to to go through that but if it
helps you get closer to what you want
then you have to think of you because I
guarantee you this the company is only
thinking of themselves they would think
nothing of hiring you and then letting
you go two or three weeks later because
you know whatever something happened
I've seen it happen so we have to
remember companies have no loyalty to
you they are in it for themselves
they're a business they are a business
and they have to survive and they'll do
whatever it takes to survive and you
have to do the same thing you have to do
what's right for you so if that means
taking a job offer that you don't want
until something better comes along then
that's what you have to do or if you can
you can try to avoid that you can try
and use that offer to leverage another
company to speed up their offer and see
if they're going to want to hire you but
just know that that comes with a cost
and that they're not ready to hire you
they'll tell you you know what we're
just we're just not ready you're gonna
have to wait a little bit longer you
might want to take that other job and
then if that happens obviously they're
not going to call you back should they
decide to hire you or or they probably
won't it just depends there's so many
different ways this can go but more than
anything what I want you to do is to
think out all the possible scenarios
that could happen just get out get out
some paper get out some pen and just
kind of flowchart it if I if I do this
what what's the possible outcome if I do
that you know so if I accept this offer
what's the outcome of that if I if I
take this offer and try to use it as
leverage what's the outcome for that
the possibilities so map it all out and
just see how you think it could possibly
unfold and then that will give you the
right information to make the right
decisions that are right for you because
what's right for you and not necessarily
right for me or right for somebody else
and what's right for me isn't
necessarily right for you every one of
these situations is different and it can
be very complicated so just know that
going into it but I mean this is
actually this type of scenario has
actually happened to me before early on
in my career I took a job and I was I
was very happy to take it I was happy
because I liked what I was doing and
literally the day I started there I got
a call from it was actually NASA at the
time they called me up and they said hey
will you come in for an interview and I
said ok and and I went and I I took the
interview and I had two interviews with
them and then within two weeks they
offered me the job and so had to resign
I because I really want I really wanted
the job at NASA it's where I wanted to
be I just didn't expect it was going to
happen so I had to resign almost
tearfully from this company but it was
the right thing for me to do and during
the process they may have lost some
other good candidates because they hired
me and yeah that unfortunately that's
just how it goes that's just how it goes
there's nothing you can do about it but
you have to think of you because in the
end you are all the matters so this is a
time to be selfish and put your needs
before that of the company
I'll write my friend that's all I have
for you today I wish you well on your
next interview
I hope that the offer you get is the one
that you want and we'll see you in the
next video
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