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 You've
aced the interviews, negotiated the best package, and now the great news - they
want to hire you! You're excited and can't wait to tell your boss that
you're out of there. Of course you want to be fair and give your current
employers as much notice as possible, so once the start date is agreed, you tell
your company you're leaving on that date. Only one thing bothers you: your
new employers haven't sent you the actual offer to sign yet. As time
goes on, and you keep getting put off, or worse, no response to your phone calls
and emails, the harsh reality sinks in. There is no offer and you have no
job to go to.
Does this nightmare scenario sound familiar? Sadly, I
have heard it many, many times. What happens to these job-offer victims?
If they swallow their pride and ask for their old job back, they are marked as
disloyal and a high risk to leave. Therefore, they will be overlooked for
promotion and the better career opportunities and even training. Chances
are they will leave within the year, quite humiliated.
They could take their chances on the job market which means
risking a few months with no income. Again, this can be quite a blow to
their self-esteem if they suffer rejections from other employers, and this can
turn into a repeated cycle if their low-self-esteem and depression is the reason
they don't get the job offers.
I remember one case where the prospective employee resigned
his current job so he could start researching the project he was to work on in
his new job. He didn't know that after his would-be employers told him
that he got the job, the person who used to do that job approached them to work
with them again. They didn't tell this job-offer victim until the day
before he was due to start work. He was devastated and felt cheated
because he actually started doing the work.
Many years ago, a friend of
mine accepted a dream job abroad. She gave up her rented accommodation and
was at the airport waiting to board the plane when she was approached by a
representative of the company to say that the job was no longer available.
Can you imagine how she felt, with no place to live, no job, no income and
carrying all her worldly possessions? She ended up staying by me as I
lived close to the airport. It was months before she got another job and
moved out.
I know of a recent case where the victim was a returning
national, and on the basis of a verbal offer, he gave up his job, sold his
house, sent his family back to Trinidad, and even turned down other offers.
In fact, he uprooted his life on the expectation of this high-paying job.
Eventually, the hiring company informed him that they felt it was imprudent to
make such an expensive hire in these uncertain times.
One common thread in all these cases is that the hiring
company that changes their minds about the hire, never tell the job-offer victim
until the very last minute. They avoid all contact with the person, who
ends up digging themselves deeper into trouble. In almost every case, the
job-offer victim did not insist on signing a contract of employment before
announcing their intention to leave. They want to accommodate their new
employer as much as possible and the paper-work just seems to be a minor issue.
And we're not talking about fly-by-night companies either. Most of the
time, the would-be employers are well-known and respected companies, even at a
global level.
Please, please, always sign an employment contract before
you resign. Even if this delays your new start date, it is better this way
than you being left high and dry. You have been warned!
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Technician/ Engineer (TRINIDAD):-
Responsible for industrial/commercial equipment communication. Also
responsible for connecting groups of scales to a computer systems and then
subsequently converting the data for integration with stock control programs,
spreadsheets or databases.
Job Ref: CI01
Integrated
Planning Team Leader (TRINIDAD):-
Responsible for carrying out the strategic Integrated Planning
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Turnaround, Campaign, Minor Modifications, Integrity and related areas. Must
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Senior Mechanical
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