Notice Periods (Flowery are you about!)

[whoops]

Dh had an interview on Friday and was asked if he would be able to reduce his notice period in any way, he currently has to give 1 calendar month.
Is there any way to go around reducing it to possibly give him a better chance of getting the position or would he have to stick out the month?

I am about, just quickly.

1. He could either ask his current employer to him go earlier than his full notice. 2)He could use holiday entitlement for part of his notice period, if his current employer will let him.

Or 3)he could just hand in his notice, say he is leaving in, say, a fortnight or whatever, and just walk out and not serve the rest of his notice. It's technically breach of contract but there's virtually nothing that his employer can do about it, and it's not usually worth the hassle for them even trying.

I would recommend option 1 or 2 obviously, but as a last resort, and if he doesn't need to worry about burning bridges, he could walk out with very little worry about consequences.

HTH! Off to do bath now, back later if any more queries

I would be surprised if saying that he could shorten his notice period would actually be a major factor in whether he gets the job or not. Most companies expect to wait at least a month for new hires but I always ask at interview anyway as sometimes people are able to shorten their notice period without too much difficulty. However, it would NEVER influence my decision on whether a particular candidate got the job or not (and many of the people I see are on three month notice periods. I also wouldn't encourage candidates to use much holiday entitlement to shorten their notice period as they are effectively getting less holiday for the rest of the year then and holidays are important!

Back again, DS safely in bed. I agree with everything annh says as well.

I'm surprised they are asking him to start earlier when he's only on a month's notice anyway, not something ridiculously long.

Thanks Flowery & Annh
I suggested that he asked if he would be able to go earlier as I was in that situation a few years ago (well my boss offered for me to go as she knew I was relocating)
I think he was worried that it would affect him as this job would make a real difference to him in a lot of ways.
I wouldn't have thought they would realy have an issue with it and that it was just one of those question that they ask in interview.

Hi whoops,
I am not an HR person, so I don't have a lot of advice, but my DH move jobs two months ago. He had to give 3 months notice, but was ask by his new employer, if he could start earlier. He agreed with his old employer to give a 6 weeks notice and work 4 saturdays and be available for a couple of months more.
May be your DH could ask to his current employer to do something like this. May be work 2 more weeks, and the other two do 3 days, and work the other two in his new job.
Good luck!!