The last email you write before you become an employee
You've negotiated. You've compared the offers. You've called the hiring manager and said yes.
Now you need to send the written confirmation.
Most engineers send something like:
"Sounds great, looking forward to it! See you on the 14th."
That's not an acceptance email. That's a text message. The acceptance email is your first written communication as a future employee, and it's worth getting right.
What a proper offer acceptance email does
A formal acceptance email:
- States clearly that you accept — not implied, not buried in paragraph two
- Confirms the key terms — role title, start date, and salary if appropriate (no harm in getting the written record straight)
- Expresses genuine enthusiasm — one instance of "excited" is fine; four is not
- Sets up a clear next step — ask what to expect before day one (paperwork, equipment, onboarding schedule)
It's 150-200 words. Professional and warm. Not stiff, not sycophantic.
What EverCV drafts for you
The new POST /api/offer-acceptance endpoint takes:
- Company (required) and role (required)
- Hiring manager name
- Start date
- Agreed base salary
- Any other notes (remote arrangement, signing bonus, etc.)
And returns:
- Subject line — clear and professional, with the start date
- Email body — 150-200 words addressed to the hiring manager by name
- CC suggestions — who else typically gets looped in (HR, recruiter, your new manager's EA)
- Pre-send checklist — things to verify before hitting send
The checklist is the underrated part
The checklist catches the things people forget in the relief of being done negotiating:
- Confirm the start date matches the offer letter before putting it in writing.
- Does the salary figure match the signed offer letter, not the verbal number?
- Check the email address — is it the hiring manager, or did you pull a recruiter's address from three months ago?
These feel obvious until you're on cloud nine after a successful negotiation and you're firing off emails at 11pm.
Completing the lifecycle
EverCV now covers the full job search arc:
| Stage | Feature | |---|---| | Application | Job tracker | | Cover letter | Cover letter generator | | Networking | Warm intro request | | Prep | Company research dossier | | Interview | Reference request drafter | | Negotiation | Salary negotiation advisor | | Decision | Offer comparison calculator | | Acceptance | Offer acceptance drafter |
The offer acceptance is the easiest feature to skip — "I can write this myself." Yes, you can. But at the end of a job search, when you're exhausted and relieved and trying to wrap things up, having a clean draft to review and send is worth thirty seconds.
EverCV is building the infrastructure for the job search lifecycle — from application to offer acceptance. Try it at evercv.io.