Employers Taking 30+ Days to Extend Offers After Interview Date

How long can a college student expect to wait for a job offer after an interview? And, after an offer is extended, how long will he or she have to accept or reject it?

NACE’s 2012 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey found that, on average, employers hiring new college graduates take 24.2 business days to extend an offer to a college student after an interview. If you add in weekend and holiday days, that means that the employers are asking the average candidate to wait more than 30 days from the date of their interview to receive an offer of employment. Once an offer has been extended, employers then give the candidate an average of 14.1 business days to make a decision. Continue Reading

5 Reasons for Post-Acceptance Job Rejections

So, now you have finally received a job offer and have chosen to accept it.  However, before you start working, you change your mind.  The following post gives reasons why you may reject a job offer after previously accepting it.

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5 Reasons for Post-Acceptance Job Rejections

8 Reasons You Should Turn Down That Job Offer

Heather Dugan, Salary.com contributing writer

The good news is you got the job. Which, in this still-reeling economy, is quite an accomplishment. But the bad news is you’re worried you might be settling for a position that isn’t the right fit for you. So where do you go from here?

Look, the honest truth is there are times when you’ll have to take any job you can get, even if you know it’s a bad fit. Maybe your house is about to be foreclosed on, you can’t make rent, or you have a family depending on you for income. We completely understand there will be times when finding ANY job is a priority over the PERFECT job. Continue Reading

60% of Paid Interns Receive Job Offers. Unpaid Internships Create Almost No Benefit.

Approximately 60 percent of 2012 college graduates who took part in paid internships received at least one job offer, according to results of a new study by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

NACE’s 2012 Student Survey also found that unpaid interns fared only slightly better in getting job offers than graduates who had not taken part in an internship. Thirty-seven percent of unpaid interns received job offers; 36 percent of graduates with no internship experience received job offers.

“These results are consistent with what we saw last year with the Class of 2011,” says Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director. “Students with a paid internship have a decided advantage in the job market over those who did an unpaid internship or didn’t do an internship at all.”  Continue Reading

Class of 2012 Faring Far Better Than Class of 2011

Early data suggest the college Class of 2012 may fare better in the job market than their peers who graduated a year ago, according to a new study conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

More than one-quarter (25.5 percent) of the Class of 2012 that applied for a job already has one in hand, according to results of NACE’s 2012 Student Survey. That’s up slightly from last year at this time, when 24 percent of 2011 graduates who had applied for a job reported having accepted one.

Among 2012 graduates who applied for a job, 44.2 percent received at least one job offer. In comparison, 41.4 percent of 2011 graduates who applied for jobs received an offer.

At this juncture, graduates most likely to receive a job offer were those earning degrees in accounting, engineering, computer science, economics, and business administration. Continue Reading

Shades of Gray – Offer Letters

“Today, there is no black or white, Only shades of gray” – Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (recorded by the Monkees, et al)

One of my friends received a job offer last week. The position was with a stable company, higher pay (after lots of back and forth), better benefits and more responsibility. This particular opportunity was through a headhunter (there is a reason I’m using this phrase, read on) and there was some negotiation required. Unfortunately, the headhunter could care less about ensuring the fit was good on both sides (employer and candidate). He was only interested in my friend (let’s call him Paul) accepting the job no matter what the concerns. At first there was no question, Paul was going to take the job. But the more the headhunter pushed back on negotiating the terms, the less interested Paul became (and the more concerned). By the end of the day, Paul decided not to take the offer. This, of course, just set-off the headhunter, who called and emailed Paul no less then 20 times in the span of a few hours (not a very professional way to conduct business). So what’s the point (there are actually several)? First off, not all headhunters are professional recruiters. Some headhunters are only out for their commission and are only interested in getting a warm body in the role. Second, job offers are not always cut and dry. Most require additional negotiation and some level of “tweaking” is expected by the hiring manager as well. Of course you need to be reasonable, but you would not get to the offer letter stage if all of the particulars (your comp, your experience, your qualifications, your willingness to see the interview process to its logical conclusion) were not in line with overall expectations. Likewise, very few people get the “perfect job” with the “perfect offer”. It can happen, but generally does not. There is always give and take and some level of trade-offs on both sides. Job offers are very often shades of gray. So how do you know if the job offer is right for you? The Job Offer- Everything has come together and you’ve gotten a job offer, now what? How do you know if it is a good offer? How do you know if there is some room to negotiate? The following links will help you through the process. Continue Reading

12 Intangibles to Consider Before Accepting a Job Offer

How To Evaluate a Job Offer

Anna Mathieu, Redfish Technology

Congratulations! You’ve received a job offer. Now what?

First of all, ask yourself if you want this job. Hopefully you spent the time up front to evaluate the company and the position prior to pursuing it. Sometimes things happen faster than you expect and you haven’t fully explored the opportunity. There are a lot of important aspects to research and consider when you are evaluating an employment opportunity. The more you know before the offer, the better position you’ll be in. Continue Reading

When to Say Yes to the Offer: How to Make Great Career Decisions

If you’re feeling totally paralyzed about what to do after college, you’re not alone. One of the most common questions I receive from college students and young professionals is, “I received a job offer but it’s not my ideal job. Should I take it or keep looking?”

In this economy plenty of people are thrilled to have any job offer, but learning how to assess a potential opportunity is still an important skill to develop. Here are my suggestions for when to say yes: Continue Reading

How To Evaluate a Job Offer

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.” – George S. Patton

Congratulations! You’ve received a job offer. Now what?

First of all, ask yourself if you want this job. Hopefully you spent the time up front to evaluate the company and the position prior to pursuing it.  Sometimes things happen faster than you expect and you haven’t fully explored the opportunity. There are a lot of important aspects to research and consider when you are evaluating an employment opportunity. The more you know before the offer, the better position you’ll be in. Continue Reading