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  • 08-12-2014 4:23pm
    #1
    monflat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭


    If I decide to leave my job after my maternity leave.

    Do I ask my employer " can I use your name as a reference "
    Or do they need permission.

    Or in my letter of resignation could I ask them for a written reference?

    What's the done thing nowa days


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  • #2
    cocaholic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭cocaholic


    monflat wrote: »
    If I decide to leave my job after my maternity leave.

    Do I ask my employer " can I use your name as a reference "
    Or do they need permission.

    Or in my letter of resignation could I ask them for a written reference?

    What's the done thing nowa days

    You can just ask your employer can you use their name as a reference.


  • #3
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    cocaholic wrote: »
    You can just ask your employer can you use their name as a reference.

    Yep as above.

    Written references aren't worth the paper they are written on


  • #4
    skallywag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,022 ✭✭✭skallywag


    A written reference can be useful, particularly in the scenario that a new potential employer is looking for a reference some time down the line, and nobody remains at your original company who knows or can remember you.

    At the risk of stating the obvious, make sure that the person who you name as the reference is going to give a good report on you if asked :-)


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