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Joining/Acceptance Letter - What is, How to write and Sample

April 16th, 2009

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What is Joining/Acceptance Letter?

A letter from the applicant indicating his wiliness to accept the job is offered by an employer. It may include an acknowledgement of having appointment letter also. Even if you have accepted a job over the phone, it’s a good idea to write a job acceptance letter to confirm the details of employment and to formally accept the job offer.

An appointment letter/verbal appointment would typically include the following:

  • A thank you for the candidate’s interest in the job.
  • Why the candidate is qualified for the position.
  • Deadline of the offer.
  • What the candidate should do if s/he have any question(s).
  • Their offer details including salary and other benefits.

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How to write?

Address the letter to the person who offered you the position including your contact information. Make sure that your letter is well written and does not contain typos or grammatical errors. Even though you already have been offered the job, you want to make sure all your correspondence is professional.

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Sample Joining/Acceptance Letter

This is a sample acceptance letter to give you an idea on how to write your own letter. The phrases are in capital letters, italic and surrounded by third brackets ‘[]’ should be replaced by your own information.

[DATE]
[EMPLOYER NAME],
[EMPLOYER POSITION],
[DEPARTMENT NAME],
[COMPANY NAME],
[COMPANY ADDRESS]

Subject: Joining /Acceptance Letter

Dear Mr./Mrs. [EMPLOYER NAME],

I am pleased to accept your offer and I have honor to inform you that I am joining the company from [JOINING DATE] as a/an [POSITION NAME] in respect to your appointment letter dated [APPOINTMENT LETTER ISSUE DATE], Ref no. [APPOINTMENT LETTER REFERENCE NO]. As we discussed, my starting salary will be [SALARY AMOUNT]. I understand and accept the conditions of employment that you explained in your appointment letter.

The position is ideally suited to my educational background and interests. I confidently feel that I can make a significant contribution to your company, and I am grateful for the opportunity you have given me. I humbly request you to accept my joining/acceptance letter.

Regards,
[YOUR SIGNATURE]
[YOUR NAME]
[YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION]

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  1. L.SURESH
    December 11th, 2009 at 16:34 | #1

    Thanks a lot, it gives me a guideline how to write a joining letter. Thanks again and hope more sample letters such as.

  2. December 28th, 2009 at 00:00 | #2

    Wow this is great. I was just finding a joining letter format and here i get this. Thank you very much.

  3. January 30th, 2010 at 17:35 | #3

    this way of writing a letter i learn from your post thanks for sharing this post with me

  4. BALAJI
    February 14th, 2010 at 12:36 | #4

    thank you very very much for this sample joining letter,i hope some more like this which will be helpfull to the viewers.

  5. February 15th, 2010 at 14:20 | #5

    its really great.. sample…. thanks a looooot!

  6. Shrikant Solanke
    February 23rd, 2010 at 01:10 | #6

    It gives me realy good guideline how to write a joining letter.
    Thanks for the same.

  7. borhan
    March 1st, 2010 at 02:14 | #7

    Fine & Fantastic>>need some spice??

  8. devendra
    March 2nd, 2010 at 18:41 | #8

    Thanking you.to give good information

  9. chandi
    March 7th, 2010 at 01:24 | #9

    thanks its such a good information

  10. sunil
    March 7th, 2010 at 17:29 | #10

    thnk its very easy to express the thought
    againthal thanks.

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