Deciding whether to decline an employment offer can arouse considerable anxiety. It is important that you do not feel pressured to make a hasty and ill-considered decision. Please consult a UCS career counselor to discuss your options. We strongly encourage you to relay your decisions in writing to the employer.
For the fall interview, you should be given until at least until November 29 to decide whether to accept a permanent/full-time job offer made during fall recruiting. For Spring semester interviews you have until February 24 to decide whether to accept a summer internship or full-time/permanent job offer. If you receive an offer at the end of your summer internship, you must be given at least until November 11 to decide whether to accept.
UCS does not condone the use of exploding offers. An "exploding offer" is one that requires a decision in conflict with the timing mentioned above or offers incentives to induce students to accept offers early, such as 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.
Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors who accept an offer from an OCR employer, and then renege on their acceptance, lose the eligibility to participate in On-campus Recruiting. Seniors who accept an offer from an OCR employer, and then renege on their acceptance will no longer be eligible to use OCR or UCS services.
