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Chorley FM
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I'm seriously thinking of leaving my present job. It's my first real job (ie after finishing college) and have been there for two years. I am about to apply for a job (in the UK) and hopefully will get called for an interview.
Now, my question is this: Will the company I am applying to want to contact my existing employer for a reference? If so at what stage?
I don't want to tell my current employer I am thinking of leaving (in case I end up in a kind of no-mans land for 12 months if I can't get another job). I have been told to put a note on my cv or in my cover letter to say that they should not contact my existing employer without my permission. Will this be acceptable to them? As I said it is my first real job so all of my relevant experience was picked up at that company.
Basically I don't want to tell my current boss I'm leaving until I have definetly got the new job in the bag. Is this realistic???
Now, my question is this: Will the company I am applying to want to contact my existing employer for a reference? If so at what stage?
I don't want to tell my current employer I am thinking of leaving (in case I end up in a kind of no-mans land for 12 months if I can't get another job). I have been told to put a note on my cv or in my cover letter to say that they should not contact my existing employer without my permission. Will this be acceptable to them? As I said it is my first real job so all of my relevant experience was picked up at that company.
Basically I don't want to tell my current boss I'm leaving until I have definetly got the new job in the bag. Is this realistic???