I hope people read this thread/forum and can help a little.
A conditional offer is the interest to hire you (the applicant) and your intention on going to that place to work.
This is my first "time" looking for a job as I have a month left of the academy. I am a little confused on what to do. I have been told that if you sign a conditional offer at more than one place, you are burning bridges. Other people have told me it is the applicants job and they have a right to decide between two locations.
The over-all idea was this. If you sign more than one, you make places mad and you have the possibility of you number one choice to not hire you prior to the other department giving you a starting date, etc. So you are rolling the dice. Andalso, you are burning bridges of whomever you signed and did not follow through.
Then the other side says that you can sign as much as you want to make sure that I get a job. Maybe something falls through with the other department, etc. The main point being, I am seeking a department to hire me and I have to keep options open is something does not work.
The reason I am worried is I have one conditional, a place in which I tested prior to my first conditional is now looking at me more because of this other department and they are trying to play "catch up" to get me hired. I am unsure if I am supposed to sign two just in case one falls through or what. In my conditional it states "If no job opens in six months, this offer terminates." What of that is the case because I have no starting date and have not heard from them after I finished all the conditions other than POST?
I am not sure if that is rambles up to everyone else. But I hope it is clear. Please ask if I can make it more clear.
What are the non-written rules of a conditional offer?
Thanks for all the advise.
A conditional offer is the interest to hire you (the applicant) and your intention on going to that place to work.
This is my first "time" looking for a job as I have a month left of the academy. I am a little confused on what to do. I have been told that if you sign a conditional offer at more than one place, you are burning bridges. Other people have told me it is the applicants job and they have a right to decide between two locations.
The over-all idea was this. If you sign more than one, you make places mad and you have the possibility of you number one choice to not hire you prior to the other department giving you a starting date, etc. So you are rolling the dice. Andalso, you are burning bridges of whomever you signed and did not follow through.
Then the other side says that you can sign as much as you want to make sure that I get a job. Maybe something falls through with the other department, etc. The main point being, I am seeking a department to hire me and I have to keep options open is something does not work.
The reason I am worried is I have one conditional, a place in which I tested prior to my first conditional is now looking at me more because of this other department and they are trying to play "catch up" to get me hired. I am unsure if I am supposed to sign two just in case one falls through or what. In my conditional it states "If no job opens in six months, this offer terminates." What of that is the case because I have no starting date and have not heard from them after I finished all the conditions other than POST?
I am not sure if that is rambles up to everyone else. But I hope it is clear. Please ask if I can make it more clear.
What are the non-written rules of a conditional offer?
Thanks for all the advise.
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