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What is the proper etiquette to accept an offer. Phone or email? And who should you send the acceptance to, the person who called be, the person who's name is on the offer letter, or the person who sent the offer letter??

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Fri Feb 05, 2021 1:45 pm

What is the proper etiquette to accept an offer. Phone or email? And who should you send the acceptance to, the person who called be, the person who's name is on the offer letter, or the person who sent the offer letter??

I personally think email is the way to go. First, recruiting teams are overworked right now, juggling a ton of things, and email is a bit less intrusive/disruptive than a call. Second, you want a paper trail for your own peace of mind, just in case some administrative SNAFU happens, e.g., "we never heard back from you so I'm afraid your offer here has lapsed."

You can always follow up in more personalized ways to associates/partners you really connected with, letting them know that you've accepted.

ETA: my instinct would be to directly reply to your offer letter with the acceptance. If that was hiring partner, so be it, but maybe copy in the recruiting team.