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Does your new hire need an employment agreement, or can an offer letter suffice? If you worry about whether to present your new hire with an employment agreement, you are not alone. Employers ...

The process of selecting the right candidate for a new position involves time and resources. Extending an offer of employment is generally an exciting endeavor for both the employer and its new hire - ...

If you want to make your offer on a home stand out when there are multiple competing offers, one tactic you can use is to craft a well-written offer letter. But there are some legal considerations to ...

Though much of the class of 2019 is already committed, schools could start sending out written offers at midnight on August 1. For the class of 2019, Aug. 1 marks a big day in their recruitments.

You've trawled through piles of resumes, spent hours in an interview room and had several sleepless nights deciding which of several outstanding candidates is the best fit for the job. Once this ...

This is a guest post by Tammy Marzigliano, Laurence S. Moy and Piper Hoffman. Moy and Marzigliano are partners at Outten & Golden LLP, a plaintiff-side employment law firm. Hoffman is a writer and ...

After interviewing candidates for an open position at your company, you’ve finally found a prospect who’s the right fit for the job. Now it’s time to extend a job offer. You may be tempted to make an ...

When Ben Landers, president and CEO of Blue Corona Inc., tweaked a standard job offer letter to give a prospective new employee, he thought he was saving himself money and time by not running it by an ...