Job Offer Acceptance Letter

One letter, I pray, that many of you write often, is an acceptance letter for a job offer. This letter is often mistaken to be just a formality, but in contrast it has an important function, since an acceptance letter can be used as evidence in case of any legal proceedings.
The art of writing business letters, in your professional life is no doubt a difficult skill to master. Letter writing skills which are involved in writing this kind of letter are quite different from normal business writings, yet they carry a characteristic of a formal letter. In the following article, brief guidelines regarding these letters have been mentioned. The article also carries a sample for the same.

What is an Acceptance Letter

As the name itself suggests, such acceptance letters are letters which intimate the job seekers approval of the job offer. This letter is often considered to be quite an extraordinary letter, as it is one of kind. The features of this letter are also quite different. This makes the letter a bit difficult to put down. The acceptance letter is not a compliance, or a compulsion, but is a mere mannerly intimation of acceptance of the offer. It must be noted that the legal system often uses the job offer acceptance as a conclusive evidence in legal proceedings, hence draft the letter as carefully as possible.

Format of Job Offer Acceptance Letter

The format of this letter is also pretty simple and straight forward. The letter is conventionally divided into 3 paragraphs. The first paragraph is a direct acceptance of the offer and quoted positional remuneration. The second paragraph goes more for in debt acceptance of responsibilities and additional details. The third paragraph will round-up the details of your previous jobs and businesses. The tone of the language should be polite and the factual matter correct. The following is an example of such a letter, you can also consider it as a template and print it as per your requirements. If possible, before writing, also have a look at some witting tips that might help you.

Date
305, Moon Beam Apartments,
Book Store Street,
New York

To,
Mr Adam Copperfield
The Human Resource Department,
Candra-Delta Medias
New York

Dear Mr Copperfield,

It is certainly delightful that your company has selected me for the post of senior editor in the company's publishing department. Please accept this letter in good health and faith as a letter of acceptance, against your job offer communicated to me through the letter dated.

I am very leased to accept your offer for the position of senior editor with a salary of $70,000. I also understand that the company will provide for health insurance which I also accept. As discussed earlier, I will join the post for induction and training on date. I also accept the 3 months induction time span.

My previous company has relieved me from my reprehensibility and I am attaching a relieving letter, as well as an experience letter issued to me by my previous employer.

Thanking you as for your support and consideration,

Yours Truly,

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Please note that the aforementioned names are fictitious and do not have any connection to real life people or companies. A tip that I would like to add is that never sound too excited, or eager, or even desperate in the letter.
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Last Updated: 9/29/2011
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