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| | The Human Resources: Recruiting, Hiring, and Staffing Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Convincing someone to decline your offer -- Ever had to do it? | Views: 792 | | Aug 15, 2007 4:06 pm | | Convincing someone to decline your offer -- Ever had to do it? | # | 
Tom Adam | | Here's a scenario some friends of mine in the industry were kicking around the other day. Suppose you extended an offer to someone, but as discussions surrounding the offer continued prior to the candidate giving a decision you and/or the hiring manager came to realize that this wasn't the right fit after all. I don't mean that they failed a background check or their references were unsatisfactory; I mean you came to realize that whatever capabilities the person may present, they and the job itself were not going to be a good fit. You may very well have come to realize that actually accepting the position would not be in the candidate's personal or professional interests.
The candidate is now holding an offer and you want them to turn it down. Rescinding the offer is one option, but to give everyone an "elegant out" and save some degree of face, you'd like the person to agree with your analysis and decline the offer on those grounds.
How would you do this? Have any of you done this before, and if so, how?
Private Reply to Tom Adam | | Aug 15, 2007 5:28 pm | | re: Convincing someone to decline your offer -- Ever had to do it? | # | 
Ben Simonton | | I would suggest that whatever you do, do it soon, hopefully before the prospect makes up their mind.
You have told us very little about this case so it is impossible for me to recommend much of anything. Is there some reason you can't be forthright with the prospect?
Best regards, Ben
Author "Leading People to be Highly Motivated and Committed"
http://www.bensimonton.comPrivate Reply to Ben Simonton | | Aug 16, 2007 4:02 pm | | re: Convincing someone to decline your offer -- Ever had to do it? | # | 
Sue "Coach" Koch | | Why couldn't you just be straight with the person about the fact that based on further analysis/discussion/feedback or whatever, that it seems like this person would not be successful/happy in the position? And then tell them what aspects of the job you think would be unworkable for the person.
What I find is that most people can take the truth if it's given in an objective, non-judgmental way. They may not LIKE it, but they can accept it. And no one really wants to set themselves up or be set up for failure. A short-term disappointment seems less painful and more respectful to everyone involved than a long-term investment that is doomed from the start.
Sue Koch
Designing Exit Strategies for Corporate Rats
http://www.corporaterats.com
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