A verbal offer from a professor turned into nothing after asking for my address, and then nothing showing up. Don't forget to send a thank you note 2-3 days after an interview to stay in contact ...

The verbal commitment is a "gentleman’s agreement," an old-fashioned handshake where both parties offer their word to remain committed through either the signing of The National Letter of Intent ...

The offers were verbal, but recruiters had told former interns that written offers were on the way. A Shopify spokesperson said that the company is "making only mission-critical hires." ...

An offer letter communicates to a potential employee the terms of employment and can head off arguments"”or even losing that employee who you spent so much energy and time recruiting"”later on.