As you know, there is no certainty that EA will actually close on the proposed transaction on mutually agreeable terms, especially since you have proposed a price that we would not accept and have qualified your offer by a diligence request.

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However, you may decide you genuinely like your position, aside from one or two problems, in which case it's time to have an open, honest conversation with your boss--before you accept the offer.

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When you accept a job offer, you keep this in mind as part of your compensation when you evaluate your decision.

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When you do get that offer and accept it in writing, put a status update on your LinkedIn and Facebook profiles.

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You can accept one of those or pick a time and place of your own choosing, in which case the algorithm will offer you up to others in the same manner.

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Consider other institutions too if the preferred one simply will not accept you, but not before you have done your homework on the courses offered and what the establishment has to offer you in terms of student life and other facilities.

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