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Career break

  • 12-10-2018 10:08PM
    #1
    onlythedon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭


    Hi, would anyone know if you can take a career break from local government to go teaching? I have read the rules on a career break which says you can't work in public sector but someone told me there was a circular which says you can go teaching but I haven't been able to find it. I don't want to ask my own HR as I don't want to be alerting them until I make a decision. Thanks!
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  • #2
    liam7831
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭liam7831


    onlythedon wrote:
    Hi, would anyone know if you can take a career break from local government to go teaching? I have read the rules on a career break which says you can't work in public sector but someone told me there was a circular which says you can go teaching but I haven't been able to find it. I don't want to ask my own HR as I don't want to be alerting them until I make a decision. Thanks!


    Just quit your current job and go teaching


  • #3
    OMM 0000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭OMM 0000


    I did a lot of googling and couldn't find anything which says there is an exemption if you want to go into teaching.


  • #4
    onlythedon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭onlythedon


    Thanks for the reply. It sounded unlikely but thought I'd check.


  • #5
    OMM 0000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,733 ✭✭✭OMM 0000


    I did find a circular which said teachers cannot take career breaks.

    Maybe that is what you were thinking of?


  • #6
    Sir Ophiuchus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,035 ✭✭✭Sir Ophiuchus


    liam7831 wrote: »
    Just quit your current job and go teaching

    You realise the point of a career break is that they'd have the option of going back to their old job afterwards, right?


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  • #7
    onlythedon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭onlythedon


    OMM 0000 wrote: »
    I did find a circular which said teachers cannot take career breaks.

    Maybe that is what you were thinking of?

    The person I was talking to worked in a similar job to me and said it was a circular that allowed you to teach while on a career break. They were sure this was the case. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it. Thanks though.


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