Rejected Offer – 3 Employer Responses

Your perfect candidate has been found! Interviews have been successful and your top candidate appears highly interested. A job offer is extended, but is rejected. What should you do now?

• Encourage: Find the reason why. Make sure the candidate fully understands your opportunity. Sometimes they just need to be reassured they are making a good move.
• Counter back: Sweeten the pot with higher salary and benefits, more vacation time, better job title, or more advanced responsibilities.
• Walk away:  Sometimes the candidate knows best. Trust their decision and move on to other candidates.