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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Other - Careers & Employment |
Can I ask a potential employer not to contact my current employer yet? |
I have already signed a teaching contract for this school year, but I'm not happy about things that are going on at the school over the summer and I've applied at another school. When I hand my resume to the principal there, how can I tactfully and professionally ask him not to contact my current principal yet? (She doesn't know I'm interviewing anywhere else, and I don't want to tell her until I decide for sure what I want to do). I would simply state what you have here - that your search is confidential and you would really appreciate her discretion in not contacting yoru current employer until both parties decide to develop this opportunity further. It's very common for a prospective employee to make this request. Good luck! your situation is very common. As long as you have answered the "why you are leaving your current job" or are prepared to, there shouldn't be a problem. You should offer as an alternative contact information for other references who you would be ok with the potential employer calling. State that very same statement. I am currently looking confidentially, so if you could hold off on referencing my currnt employer I would appreciaate it, I could get you an associate or two if you like but my supervisor would not be a good contact at this point. Good Luck and I wish you the best. I would explain to the new one. Just like you did here. I think they would want to talk to the prior person. I hope that helps. wait just a minute - i do not know anything about teacher's contract but i do know a little about general contract law. if you have all ready signed a contract with one school and do not fulfill it -- won't they sue you for breech of contract. that said -- the only way around it would be to honest with your new school and tell them the complete details -- if you simply say do not contact my former school -- they will surely go out of there way to contact them to see what you are trying to hide. Your situation is very common. Most people don't want their current employers contacted until an actual decision is made about taking the new job. Just be honest when you go to your interviews. Tell the interviewer that you haven't informed your current school that you're looking elsewhere, and you'd rather she not know until YOU have made a decision about whether or not to take a new job. The interviewer should understand that, and will appreciate your forthrightness. |
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