How to Say No to a Job Offer Without Snubbing the Employer

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If you’re anything like most people, you feel awkward about rejecting a job offer. After all, you’ve gone to the effort of applying and sitting the formal interview, and you obviously demonstrated enough passion and interest in the role for the employer to extend the offer. It’s understandable that coming back with an ‘actually…no’ response is uncomfortable.

It might be the case that you’ve had a better offer. Perhaps you didn’t warm to the employer or to the work environment during your interview. Maybe you heard some bad reviews which put you off entirely. Or perhaps you’ve just had a change of heart and no longer want to find a new job. Whatever the reason, you’re still in the uneasy position of having to dish out rejection.

So, how can you turn down a job offer without inadvertently putting down the employer in the process?



Be sure.

Before all else, be certain that you don’t want the job. Messing the employer around is portugal phone number resource much worse than gracefully declining an offer. In the words of a cheesy but surprisingly apt Celine Dion ballad: “Be sure before you close that door.”



Be prompt.

Don’t be a time-waster. If you know it’s a ‘no’, have the courtesy to inform the employer as soon as you’ve reached a decision. That way, they can react quickly and extend an offer to another potential hire before it’s too late. It’s the decent thing to do.



Be personal.

Nobody likes an awkward conversation, but sometimes it has to be done. You’ve spoken to the employer face to face and they think highly enough of you to want you on board. Either pick up the phone and be direct or send a personalised email which you haven’t copied and pasted straight from a sample on the internet.