It's so easy when you're hiring your first (or 100th) employee just to do a quick Internet search and grab a job offer letter template and quickly hit the send button. But if you do that, you're missing a real opportunity to set the right impression for your potential hire, and in a competitive environment, you may just be losing out on the hire.
There's a better way to let your personality and business culture show, while ensuring you cover all the legal and information that needs to be included.
In this episode, I cover exactly what those items are and talk about some of the technology that can help you land your superstar hire with a rock solid job offer letter.
Topics Discussed (Time Stamped)
01:54 How to structure a job offer letter
06:08 Getting the yes and hiring key team members
06:26 Don't be legalistic and dry
07:01 Putting personality on it
07:31 Be happy, be inviting, and give a sense of accomplishment
08:35 Indicating reasons for choosing them
09:51 Being clear about the position, title, and responsibilities
10:45 Covering some of the legalistic and important details
11:38 Getting into the primary benefit of working for the company
12:27 The start date
13:19 Who they will be reporting to
14:00 Listing contingencies
17:49 Aiming for the next step
18:18 Ending with a congratulations
18:46 How to deliver technology-wise
19:58 Integrating the job offer process as part of hiring and onboarding
23:01 Immediately starting onboarding or training
Quotes Worth Sharing
09:38 "Keep it nice and concise."
Resources Mentioned
- Episode 102 Show Notes - https://www.techsmartboss.com/blog/podcast-episode102/
- GoHire - https://gohire.io
- Vervoe - https://vervoe.com
- Proven - https://www.proven.com
- Jobscore - https://www.jobscore.com
- PandaDoc - https://www.pandadoc.com
- Process Street - https://www.process.st
- Kissflow - https://kissflow.com
- Tallyfy - https://tallyfy.com
- Asana - https://asana.com
- Clickup - https://clickup.com
- Plutio - https://www.plutio.com
- Gitscrum - https://site.gitscrum.com
- Gusto HR - https://gusto.com/
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Thanks!
Thanks for listening and checking out the show notes, any feedback, comments, or questions, send me an email at david@techsmartboss.com