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After the Job Offer
You may need to negotiate a salary with your new employer or submit a letter of resignation to your current employer.
Quicklinks: Accepting a Job | Negotiating a Salary | Leaving a Job | Professional Etiquette
Accepting a Job
Accepting a Job Offer and Withdrawing from the Job Search »
(Career Services @ Virginia Tech)
Find sample letters for accepting, rejecting or acknowledging a job offer.
Negotiating a Salary
After you receive a job offer, you may be able to negotiate the compensation package, which could include salary, health benefits, paid time off or stock options.
Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1,000 a Minute
Chapman, Jack
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Materials on Negotiating a Salary »
Negotiating a Salary »
(CareerOneStop)
Tips for negotiating job offers.
Salary Calculator »
(Career Builder)
Nationwide average salaries for thousands of job titles.
Salary Negotiation Skills »
(Susan Ireland’s Resume Site)
Advice on how to negotiate a salary, including a salary range worksheet.
Leaving a Job
How to Diplomatically Resign From Your Job »
(Quintessential Careers)
Guidelines for writing a resignation letter, along with sample letters.
Professional Etiquette
Don’t Take the Last Donut: New Rules of Business Etiquette
Bowman, Judith
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Materials on Business Etiquette »
Workplace Skills »
(Illinois workNet)
Workplace skills are personal qualities, habits, attitudes and social graces that make individuals good employees and compatible co-workers.