Managing a Job Offer While Interviewing for Other Jobs

Description

• Harrison discusses risks of asking for more time after receiving a job offer from a law firm
• It can make you seem less desirable to the law firm
• It's okay to ask for more time if you need to consider factors such as relocation
• Harrison advises taking a job offer unless it's something you're not interested in
• Law firms may withdraw offers when work slows down in a tough economy

Transcript

Transcript:

Sometimes if you want to continue interviewing, you're welcome to. Anytime you ask for more time after you get an offer. It's always a little bit risky because the law firm knows that. That you're probably that you're not their first choice and all sorts of things. Now, if the job is in one city and you're in another city and you have to move and you say "Let me talk to my spouse" or you know about moving, then that's okay. But you just need to be very careful about that.

If you ask for more time, they'll typically give you a deadline. They'll know you're not their first choice and a bunch of other things. I personally, if you don't like the job, then don't take it. But you have to be very careful, getting job offers and more time. Law firms don't like that, but you can do it. But it's not a good way to start things out. So just try to be a little bit careful.

If you receive a job offer, I would take it probably. Unless it's something that you wouldn't be interested in working at. Be very careful because as you've seen in a lot of these questions, people are getting offers or people are worried about not hearing anything.

They're not hearing anything, this economy's horrible and it's getting worse. If you get an offer, you should take it because what happens in these markets when the market's not good? Is law firms will make offers and then they will withdraw them when the work slows down. So take the offer by all means.