This document outlines an agenda for a workshop on responding to job interview outcomes. The workshop objectives are to learn new vocabulary, how to accept a job offer, and how to decline a job offer. The agenda includes activities like vocabulary review, discussions, listening to dialogues, case studies, dictation practice, and roleplaying accepting and declining offers. The document provides guidance on expressing gratitude after being rejected, asking for feedback to improve, staying positive, and maintaining professional relationships.

1. After the interview: Responding to the news

2. 1. Objectives
2. Introductions
3. Activity 1: Vocabulary review
4. Activity 2: Discussion
5. Activity 3: Dialogue
6. Activity 4:
a. What to do if you don’t get the job
b. How to accept the job offer
c. How to decline the job offer
7. Activity 5: Case studies
8. Activity 6: Dictation
9. Activity 7: Practice
Our Agenda

3. Workshop Objectives
1. To learn 8 new words related to responding to the
news about a job
2. To learn how to accept a job offer
3. To learn how to decline a job offer

4. • What is your name?
• Where are you from?
Introductions

5. Vocabulary Review
Activity 1

6. Activity one: Vocabulary Review
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To burn bridges
To ask for feedback
To stalk someone
To stay in contact
To be a resource
To keep doors open
To be gracious
to end a communication in a friendly way
to show you are thankfulto ask for advice about how you can improve
to destroy a relationshipto bother someone
nice
to keep a relationship active
to be a help to someone
To express gratitude

7. Activity two: Fill-in-the-blank
1. Be sure _______________ after a job interview. Remember to say thank you!
2. Ask the prospective employer how you can improve. _________________________.
3. Help the prospective employer if you can. ____________________________ !
4. If you don’t get the job, remember to __________________ .
5. Do not call your prospective employer too often. You don’t want to _________________ .
6. If you don’t get the job, remember to be nice. You don’t want to ___________________ .
7. You may want ___________________ even if you don’t get the job.
8. ___________________ by being gracious.
burn bridges
stay in contact
express gratitude stalk someone
be a resourceask for feedback
be gracious
keep the doors open

8. Group discussion
Activity 2
• Have you ever been told you didn’t get a job that
you applied for?
• Have you ever accepted or declined a job offer?
• How did it go?

9. Listen to a dialogue.
• What important points do you hear?
Activity 3
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10. Listen to a dialogue:
Johanna
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Alicia
So, how did it go? Did you get the job?
No, I am afraid I didn’t. I feel terrible!
Don’t get down. Think of the positive!
What can be positive about this?
Well, even the process of going through a job interview is good practice.
Future job opportunities! You will have more job opportunities.
I suppose I will.
Practice? Practice for what?
Have you actually spoken to the company yet?Johanna
Alicia No, they just left a message on my answering machine.

11. Listen to a dialogue:
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Alicia Thanks for the help, Johanna!
Ok, I think you should call them and graciously thank them for the
interview.
I can do that.
Then, ask the manager for an appointment to ask how you can improve.
I guess that would help me with future opportunities.
I get it. I can see now how I can turn this negative into positive.
You mean, ask why I didn’t get the job?
Well, not in those words. Simply ask the manager what you can do to
improve your chances of getting a job there in the future.
Johanna Exactly. The key is not to burn any bridges with the manager or company.
Exactly.

12. When you get the news about a job you applied for,
1 of 3 things can happen:
Activity 4
1. You don’t get the job.
2. You accept the job.
3. You decline the job.
Now let’s discuss what to do in each case!

13. A. What to do if you don’t get the job…
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14. 1. Express gratitude.
• Send a thank you letter or email
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15. 2. Ask for feedback.
• Fill in your “gaps”.
• Maybe you need more education or experience?
• Maybe you need to improve your interview skills?

16. 3. Mourn the loss …. for a short time.
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• Mourn the loss then get back at it!
• Remember that the interview process is a great learning tool.
• You have made a new contact.

17. 4. Broaden or narrow your job search.
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• Maybe you need to be open to other jobs.
• Maybe you need to be more specific about the jobs you apply for.

18. 5. Re-invent your brand.
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• Can you improve or build your image on social media?

19. 6. Ask for help.
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• Let everyone know that you are looking for help.
• Continue to work on your interview skills.

20. 7. Remember, don’t get down!
• There may be a better opportunity waiting for you!
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21. B. Accepting or declining a job offer
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• Why should you accept or decline a job offer?

22. Why should you accept a job offer?
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• You should accept a job offer if it matches all the criteria you have
set for your ideal job.

23. How to accept a job offer
• Receive a phone call from the company advising that an offer is on
the way via email or standard mail.
• Receive and consider the offer.
• Negotiate if not all your needs are met.
• Accept the offer if it now meets your needs:
a. Write and send letter of acceptance.
b. Notify all those involved that you have sent a letter of
acceptance.

24. Sample job acceptance letter
Dear Mrs. Saunders:
It was certainly wonderful news when you called this afternoon to offer me the general
manager position for Price Corp. Please consider this letter my formal acceptance. I am
pleased to accept your offer at a salary of $42,000.00 annually. As we agreed, my
starting date will be September 5 to enable me to finish my contract with my current
employer. I also understand that I will receive full company pay and benefits during the 8-
week training program and that I am considered probationary during that time. Thanks
again, Mrs. Saunders, for offering me this wonderful opportunity, and do let me know if I
can do anything in advance of my start date to facilitate the paperwork, or if there are
any areas you’d like me to be reading up on. I am really happy that I will be joining the
Price team!
Sincerely,
Bethany Wilson

25. Why should you decline a job offer?
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• You should decline a job offer if during the interview you discover
the company is not for you.
• The job offer does not meet all the requirements you have set for
your ideal job.

26. How to decline a job offer
• Show your appreciation.
• Give a brief reason for declining the offer.
• Express an interest in staying in touch.
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27. What to say when declining a job offer:
• After a lot of careful consideration I have decided to accept an offer
with another company.
• After thinking it over, I have decided that now is not a good time to
leave my current employer.

28. Case studies
• Read the studies and answer the questions.
Activity 5
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29. Case Study 1
Bethany just received the news that she did not
receive the job she applied for.
What should she do?

30. Case Study 2
Simbaljeet is upset because she went through 3
interviews, but she didn’t get the job. She feels
she wasted her time.
What would you say to her?

31. Case Study 3
Shamsun applied for a job, but she didn’t get it. She
wants to know why.
What should she do?

32. Case Study 4
Tomas got a job offer, but it does not meet his
needs.
What can he do?

33. Case Study 5
Jorge didn’t get the job he applied for. He is now
experiencing some depression.
What can he do now?

34. Dictation
• Write what you hear!
Activity 6

35. Dictation 1
If you do not get the job, you can still ask for feedback.

36. Dictation 2
There is a lot to be learned simply by participating in a
job interview.

37. Dictation 3
Always be gracious, even if you did not get the job.

38. Dictation 4
Mourn the loss of not getting a job, but not for too
long.

39. Dictation 5
Even if you didn’t get the job, you can still add the
prospective manager to your network.

40. Let’s practise!
Activity 7
 How would you accept a job offer?
 How would you decline a job offer?

41. Review: What did you learn
today?
• 8 new words related to responding to the news
about a job.
• What to do if you didn’t get the job.
• How to accept or decline a job offer

42. Thanks for attending.
See you next time!