Texting a Job Offer

Since my blog post in 2012 about not texting offers – it’s happened a lot – texting an offer. And it works.  To make a text offer go smoothly the key is to make sure as a candidate, that you’ve had a detailed communication with your recruiter/HR representative/potential boss about salary, benefits, vacation, bonus etc.  Seems obvious, but in this age of minimal phone calls and even shorter texts - good, solid communication is ideal.  Have that detailed talk sooner rather than later.  

Unbridgeable Gaps?

The same conversation keeps on happening over and over again with my clients - lack of talent to hire. They can't find good, young, talented people who want to work hard and have the communication skills to be able to work.  There is a gap in the market. It  might be the entitlement that kids felts growing up wealthier before the recession/depression hit? Maybe they're thinking they don't need to work hard or maybe these workers have a different spin on what work looks like?  They also have huge problems communicating - looking you in the eye and using complete sentences.  I realize that there are always generational gaps but this gap seems to be vast and tougher to bridge. Could it be unbridgeable? 

My advice to anyone young and looking for a job:

• You will work hard with long days and late nights before you make an impressive salary. You have to earn those six figure salaries. 

• You will probably start working in a job that is lower than you originally expected. Learn from it. 

• Try to use complete sentences when communicating - the texting should stop when you put your cell phone down. 

• Find a mentor at work to help you understand the corporate culture and how to succeed. 

TXT Job Offer?

recntly I XperENs a yung pro (YP) hu wntd 2 email & txt w/o talkin durN d offer process. It mAd 4 a straNg & complicated process cuz d YP wouldn’t TLK How do U tAk a complicated process lIk a job offer & mAk it wrk Thru text?

 U don’t. 

d deal blew ^ cuz ther wz n real QSO – jst txtN. YP’s & recnt graduates U must Lern how 2 communicate verbally Ovr d fone & n prsn. txtN doesn’t wrk wen U negotiate yor salary, benefits vacation dA – thOs R a huge pRt of yor life!

Pick up the phone and call or meet people in person without your phone ringing! This is not a social even it is work and at work you must be a good communicator.

For those of you who couldn’t decipher the text the translation is here - 

Recently I experience a young professional (YP) who wanted to email and text without talking during the offer process. It made for a strange and complicated process because the YP wouldn’t talk. How do you take a complicated process like a job offer and make it work through text?

You don’t.

The deal blew up because there was no real conversation – just texting. YP’s and recent graduates, you must learn how to communicate verbally over the phone and in person. Texting doesn’t work when you negotiate your salary, benefits vacation day – those are a huge part of your life!