Employment Offers & Acceptances Policy
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No incentives (e.g. 'exploding offers') may be offered to induce students to accept offers early. Undergraduate Career Services defines an exploding offer as follows: Any offer that does not afford a candidate the appropriate time as stated in our policy below to either accept or decline and/or that has special incentives attached, e.g. diminishing bonuses and location preferences, for the purposes of inducing early acceptances, including language that asks a candidate if they will accept an offer on the same day it is extended. We suggest that all employers extend offers in writing, and strongly encourage all students to accept or decline in writing. We also advise employers to request official transcripts (with University seal) from students before offers are extended.
Students should be given at least until November 23 to decide whether to accept permanent/full-time job offers that are extended during fall recruiting and until February 22 to decide whether to accept summer internship and full-time/permanent job offers that are extended during spring recruiting, including offers made via the Yale eRecruiting job posting system. No summer job offers made during fall recruiting may have an acceptance deadline earlier than February 22. After February 22, students should be given sufficient time to make rational decisions. If employers make offers to interns at the end of summer, students must be given at least until November 20 to decide whether to accept, so that they may participate in fall on-campus recruiting. All employers extending offers to Yale students during the On-Campus Interview Program season are expected to abide by these policies.
NOTE: Failure to abide by the dates listed above may result in either deferred interview dates or denied access to the recruiting program for one year.
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