Hiya. I was interviewed for a job 2nd week in Jan and was offered and accepted it by phone the same day. V pleased and excited as it is first permanent job after qualifying as a social worker and in the field I really wanted but had not seen any openings for etc etc. Anyway- gave a months notice at my current temp job as I didn't want to muck them about and am due to go on short holiday over half term so, as I hadn't received a letter confirming appointment, I emailed HR to say please can I start week after that. This would be a full 7 weeks after being offered the job. Answer is no probably not, it will take lots of time to gather references and I shouldn't have given notice... I know for sure that my referees have been stars and have already delivered the goods reference wise so I feel that HR are acting rather leisurely to say the least. (There are certain job specific hurdles that have to be jumped through in my line of work- eg police checks- but they haven't mentioned these as hold ups.) Is this just the way it goes in the HR world? How long did you wait for a job to start and what do people think is a reasonable time scale? How do I hurry them up without making my name mud before I've even started? Would be v grateful for any advice.
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How long is it reasonable to wait between being informed you have a job and starting at said job? Is there anything I can do to hurry HR up without alienating them?
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ScummyMummy · 31/01/2007 16:15
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