{"id":3600,"date":"2017-05-05T08:06:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2017-05-05T08:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T14:06:13","slug":"3-keys-to-turning-down-a-job-offer-without-burning-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/careercenter\/3-keys-to-turning-down-a-job-offer-without-burning-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Keys to Turning Down a Job Offer Without Burning Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/author\/richard-moy\">Richard Moy<\/a><br \/>\nRe-posted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/\">The Muse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when \u201cbreaking up\u201d means declining a job offer that you\u2019ve worked really hard to get. You know who it\u2019s even harder on? The recruiter. I can still feel that rush of anxiety I felt every time someone I was really excited about turned me down.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, sometimes after receiving that exciting phone call, it becomes clear that it\u2019s just not right for you. And because it\u2019s taken a handful of interviews, thank you notes, and the sincerest \u201cI-am-really-intrigued-by-what-you\u2019re-working-on\u201d statements, it often feels like you\u2019ve already started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/advice\/7-killer-questions-to-ask-at-your-next-interview\">building relationships with the people you\u2019ve met with<\/a>. So, when it comes time to decline an offer, it can be easy to overthink it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/advice\/3-keys-to-turning-down-a-job-offer-without-burning-bridges?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=weekly_20170505&amp;utm_source=blueshift&amp;bsft_eid=e5812a84-5a22-42f9-b24a-6ec729082f64&amp;bsft_pid=d93da7fe-bcac-4c8f-b941-c8dca90bc595&amp;bsft_clkid=1a825214-c6d0-489a-901e-00957a61ddb4&amp;bsft_uid=cdb818f3-fbe0-4a30-8137-2d1f7c3e2d56&amp;bsft_mid=2e870a02-2ee8-4a03-97ff-2f5e9cbc625a&amp;bsft_pp=2&amp;p=2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0Richard Moy Re-posted from The Muse Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when \u201cbreaking up\u201d means declining a job offer that you\u2019ve worked really hard to get. You know who it\u2019s even harder on? The recruiter. 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