• Factors to Consider When Evaluating a Job/Internship Offer
• Negotiating a Job Offer
• Managing Your Finances
• Accepting & Rejecting Job and Internship Offers

1. How closely does the offer match your career goal?
2. What additional information do you need to make a decision?
3. Are there issues you may want to negotiate, which would bring the offer closer to your goal?
   
4. Multiple Offers?
   
   
   

1.) How closely does the offer match your career goal?

Factors for consideration:

UCS Counselors and Advisors would be happy to meet with you individually to discuss your options.

2.) What additional information do you need to make a decision?
It is not unusual to discover, as you're weighing different factors about the offer, that you have additional questions, lack some factual data, or simply need a better sense of what the job/internship and organization are like.
You may need to:

• Call one of your interviewers and ask additional questions
• Discuss other questions or concerns that impact your decision with your UCS counselor or advisor

3.) Are there issues you may want to negotiate that would bring the offer closer to your goal?
Perhaps the issues that concern you about the offer can be changed. If the job seems ideal except for one factor, then you might want to raise the issue with the employer.

• Consult the following section: Negotiating a Job Offer, before you consider negotiating any of the terms of your offer.

4.) Multiple Offers?
You've worked hard on your job/internship search, and it has paid off: you've got not one, but two or more companies interested in hiring you. Congratulations! While this is a great situation to be in, it does pose some challenges.

• Make a good decision.
  • Consider the pros and cons about each offer
  • Refer to your UCS counselor or advisor
  • See the factors to consider when evaluating a job offer
  • Don't ignore your gut instincts
• Keep the door open for future opportunities.

  Though Company A may be your first choice now, remember that Company B might seem very attractive in the future.

  • Maintain a good relationship by tactfully turning down the offer
  • See writing a letter of appreciation.
• If necessary, negotiate time to decide.

  Rarely will all your offers come in on the same day, or even the same week. Because each company has a different hiring schedule, you may receive an offer before you've heard back from your first choice company.
  If that's the case:

  • Ask for additional decision-making time if you have a legitimate reason for doing so.
  • Wanting to wait for Company B's offer is not a legitimate reason. This is basically telling Company A they are not your first choice, and that is not going to bode well if you end up wanting to take the job.
  • Use tact in all situations involving multiple offers or potential multiple offer situations.
  • Consult your UCS counselor or advisor for more information