Don’t make the offer the first salary conversation.
By the time you’re ready to offer, there shouldn’t be any major surprises.
An offer that arrives as a surprise is the one most likely to be turned down or used elsewhere.
How we help
We stay close to both sides throughout the process, so we can understand expectations, identify potential problems and help you put together an offer that has a realistic chance of being accepted.
That includes telling you when we think an offer will not land, which is a more useful conversation to have before it is sent than after.
The whole offer
Salary is the headline. These are the parts that decide it.
Salary
Where it sits against what was discussed at the start, and against what they are on now.
Working arrangements
Hours, days in the office and flexibility. Often the part that decides it.
Benefits
Worth stating clearly rather than leaving to be discovered in the paperwork.
Notice period
What they actually have to serve, which is not always what the contract says.
Start date
Realistic for both sides, including any commitments already in the diary.
What matters to them
Study, a course, development, a title, a specific piece of the role. We will have heard it and we will tell you.
Once it is accepted
Confirm it in writing promptly and keep the paperwork moving. The gap between a verbal yes and a signed contract is the point where other conversations restart.
This is recruitment guidance from Elbrus, not legal or HR advice. For formal obligations, take your own advice.
Speak to us
Talk to us before the offer goes out. It is the cheapest way to avoid a declined one.