Making an Offer

After your selected candidate has been approved by Affirmative Action, your HR Generalist will begin working on a salary offer. For most positions, this salary offer will need to be approved by Senior Management before making the verbal offer.

Once the salary offer has been approved, your HR Generalist will contact you to make the verbal offer. After your candidate accepts your verbal offer, then you will need to notify your HR Generalist.

Visit the Conditions of Employment website to learn more about the various processes.

Offer Letter Templates

Offer letters are not to be used until all conditions of employment are met. To learn more about the various conditions of employment that might apply to your position, please visit our Conditions of Employment website.

Please contact your HR Generalist to provide the offer letter for your recruitment.

Making the Offer: Best Practices

Prepare the documentation you need prior to calling the candidate. This might include things like the contract, salary approval, offer letter, background check information, benefits information, hours of work, travel requirements, location.

Compile the information you need to negotiate the offer. Things that might interest a potential candidate: Benefits Package, Staff Development Opportunities, Bargained Salary Increases. Here is some language to help you: "Making the Offer" Script

Call the candidate and touch on the following points:

Introduce yourself
Remind the candidate of the position
Inform the candidate you would like to offer the position
Use positive tones to demonstrate your interest in the candidate joining the team
Explain the skills or qualifications the candidates possessed that most impressed you
Answer any questions
Offer to email the candidate any requested information
Discuss the salary offer, or schedule a follow-up call to further discuss the salary