hey everybody Don Georgevich here with
job interview tools and one of the things I
love doing on this channel is answering
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a video for you too so today I want to
talk to you about asking for an
extension for a job offer so I had a
client write in and they're like hey Don
I got a job offer but I'm not ready to
accept it yet is it okay to ask for an
extension and I'm thinking what you got
a job offer and you're not ready to
accept it yet the stop right here if you
at home watching this video right now if
you have a job offer take it take it
right now accept it say yes the worst
thing you can do is to ask for an
extension that's not going back to the
employer and saying well you know I kind
of like this job I like the company but
I'm not ready to say yes yet can you
give me a few more days and the
employers probably just scratching their
head saying what you're not ready to
take this yet why not I thought you were
committed and that's exactly the message
that you're sending
you're breaking momentum and you're
showing them you're showing them that
you are not committed to accept the
offer and what that really says is that
there's other things that are more
important to you so in this case the
other person who didn't want to accept
the job offer right now they were
actually interviewing for other jobs and
what they wanted was a job offer from a
different company and if they didn't get
that one then they'll go ahead and
settle for this other one the one that
they already have in hand and employers
aren't stupid they know that if you're
not ready to accept a job offer
right now that you probably are hoping
to get one from somewhere else and it
shows them that well you're not first on
their list like they thought you were
and like you expressed that you were and
how much excitement you showed during
that any of you process that this is
where you want to be this is the job you
wanted this is what you
wanted to be doing this is the money you
want to be making and now they're giving
it to you here's the offer and yet you
don't take it you're like well I'm not
ready yet
worst possible thing you can do so I'll
say it again right now if you have a job
offer right now while you're watching
this at home go take it stop watching
this video and go accept that offer
right now if you don't you risk losing
the offer have you ever watched Shark
Tank it's the show on ABC where all the
the investors get together with an
entrepreneur and they decide if they
want to invest in their business but one
of the things on the show that investors
like to do sometimes they might get an
offer from the Sharks to invest in their
business and they're not sure if they
want to take it so like um can you hold
on mr. Cuban I want to go make a phone
call and make sure it's okay with my
wife and what that means is they want to
leave the tank go make a phone call and
then come back and make a deal well what
happens this happens all the time when
an entrepreneur leaves the shark tank
they end up losing the deal because the
Sharks change their mind and that's the
same thing with an employer when you
tell them that you're not ready to
accept the offer or can you wait a few
days I need to check a few things you're
telling them you're not committed and
that gives them the opportunity to
withdraw the offer and give it to
somebody else who wants it right now so
on that note what is a reasonable amount
of time to wait to accept a job offer I
would say no more than two days but
literally you should have an answer to
them within 24 hours if they give you an
offer you can very politely say let me
review your offer and I'll get back to
you tomorrow and there's nothing wrong
with that if you get the offer on Friday
you can say let me take the weekend to
review your offer and I'll get back to
you on Monday but if you come back to
and say I need about five days can you
wait five days for me to review the
offer and get back to you and they're
gonna be like what five days
why is it gonna take you five days and
they might say okay go ahead and take
the time and then you know what they're
gonna do you know what that employers
gonna do they are gonna go and give that
offer they're gonna take that offer that
they gave to you that are gonna go give
it to their second pick and they're
gonna see if they want it and if they
want it they're gonna give it to them
and they're gonna write you another
letter and say I'm sorry too much time
has elapsed we're going to withdraw our
offer and you know what now you have
nothing you have nothing and now you're
gonna you're gonna go interview with
this other company that you want a job
with and they're gonna say man you know
what we're not ready yet or we found
someone else and now you got nothing so
the best thing you can do if you get a
job offer is to accept it now if you
have another job that you're
interviewing for and you're waiting to
hear from them that's fine that's fine
but don't tell this company about it
just go ahead accept the offer plan to
start working there and see if you can
get the other offer from the other
company before you start this job if you
can that's great then you can go back to
this company and say you know what
something else changed my plans change
someone else came in with an offer and
I'm going to accept that one instead I'm
so sorry for wasting your time see what
you want to be very you want to be very
grateful and respectful that they took
the time to give you an offer and you
want it very politely
you know decline the offer so you always
want to make sure that you have at least
one offer in your hand it feels so much
better to have this offer and then go
interview for some other jobs and if
they don't you don't get that you can
come back to this but you always you
want to say yes to this one first so
again you have an offer right now you
should have said yes by now you should
have stopped you shouldn't even be
watching this video if you have an offer
right now okay so what are you gonna do
the next time you get a job offer you
take it you take the offer and you run
with it all right so remember if you ask
for an extension on a job offer
you're breaking momentum you're breaking
continuity
and they're showing disrespect he's
showing disrespect to that employer who
gave you the offer and you're showing
that you're not committed so go out
there go out there be committed take the
offer and be happy with it be happy that
you have one because well most people
don't get job offers all right my friend
that's all I have for you today good
luck on your next job interview and I
will see you in the next video bye now
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