Offer and Interview Guidelines and Ethics
Experience shows the best employment decisions for both students and employers are those that are made without pressure and with the greatest amount of information. Students given sufficient time to attend virtual and/or in-person events, career fairs, participate in on‐campus interviews, and/or complete the interviewing in which they are currently engaged are more likely to make good long‐term employment decisions and may be less likely to renege on job acceptances and in the long run, this will improve attrition rates.
Reasonable Job/Internship Offer Timeline:
Following guidelines of the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE), we ask that employers give students a minimum of two to three weeks to accept or decline any (e.g. full-time, return, internship) offer. This allows students the necessary time to make a thoughtful and informed decision, which ultimately benefits both the student and your company.
Exploding Offers:
We ask that employers refrain from making exploding offers or rescinding bonus offers which put undue pressure on students to make decisions in a short-time frame or before they have completed the interviewing process.
Most students are not ready, nor should they be, to make a final decision before completing all their interviews. Regrettably, pressure to accept early makes it harder for us to enforce our policy against reneging.
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