Sending a job offer letter via email is a quick way to communicate important job details – including salary, benefits, work schedule, and important next steps – before your best candidate has the chance to accept another offer.

Here is a standard formal job offer letter example. Use this job offer template to offer a job to your chosen candidate in a formal way.

Template

Subject: Offer from [company name]

Hi [name],

We have all enjoyed speaking with you and getting to know you throughout the last few weeks. The team is impressed with your background and approach and would love to formally offer you a position as a [job title] at [company name].

We are offering you a [$X] annual base salary [bonus and equity information, if equitable]. You would be pleased to know that we also offer [benefits details] and [number of days] of vacation per year. We can discuss start dates based on what is possible on your end, but we’d be excited to have you start [as soon as possible / on XYZ date].

Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss the offer in more detail.

We would be thrilled to welcome you to the team!

Regards,

[Your name]

[Designation]