Chapter 15 What to do if you get the job

Congratulations – you’ve been offered the job. If you want it, accept it happily – subject to negotiations, which we’ll look at in a moment. If you know you don’t want it – you hated the company or you’ve got a better offer – that’s fine too. Turn the job down, but do it politely. You never know when you might encounter people again, and it won’t help if you once told them, however honestly, that they could stick their job and you wouldn’t work for them if they paid you a million pounds.

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Technically, your new job isn’t guaranteed until you ...

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