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An effective offer letter succinctly sets forth the material terms of an employee's employment and makes clear that no other "unwritten" terms are part of the agreement. This article highlights a few ...

For faculty appointments with any CWRU pay (i.e. basic science or dual-paid appointments), departments must have both their faculty searches and offer letters approved prior to recruiting and hiring ...

Does your new hire need an employment agreement, or can an offer letter suffice? If you worry about whether to present your new hire with an employment agreement, you are not alone. Employers ...

Although offer letters and employment contracts share some similar characteristics, they are not the same. Offer letters are less formal than employment contracts, and they generally involve less ...

Hiring takes time - in fact on average it takes 42 days to fill an open position. There are pieces of the process that shouldn't be hurried along. There are also parts of the process that can be sped ...

You've trawled through piles of resumes, spent hours in an interview room and had several sleepless nights deciding which of several outstanding candidates is the best fit for the job. Once this ...

You've just received an offer letter from that job you interviewed for. Sometimes you want to let the employer know right away how interested you are. The verbiage says the letter isn't "binding." So ...