{"id":51,"date":"2008-09-30T21:45:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T02:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonybeshara.com\/blog\/?p=51"},"modified":"2008-09-30T21:45:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T02:45:31","slug":"an-offer-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonybeshara.com\/blog\/an-offer-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;an offer in hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"storycontent\">got a letter from one of our readers\u2026seems he is getting a job offer in the next day or two from a company and is expecting another one from another company on the 15th\u2026he wanted to know how to stall a decision with the first company so he can compare it with the offer of the second\u2026he asked our advice\u2026so, here it is..<\/p>\n<p>don\u2019t even try this\u202630%  of the time a company says they are \u201cgoing to make a offer\u201d\u2026they don\u2019t\u2026they think they are gonna, but they don\u2019t\u2026<\/p>\n<p>if you have an offer in hand..call the second company and ask them if they can move faster\u2026if they can\u2019t, make a decision on the first offer regardless of how the second one might appear\u2026a bird in the hand is always best..<\/p>\n<p>if you postpone the first offer any longer than a day or two, they will inevitably think you are \u201cshopping\u201d their offer and will often rescind the offer and go to the next candidate\u2026<\/p>\n<p>in this economy, you can only count on the offer you have in your hand\u2026 don\u2019t believe anyone that tells you they are going to make you an offer until they do..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>got a letter from one of our readers\u2026seems he is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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