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Career Help and Advice

dixiegrrrrl

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1. If you have a contact person at the new place

Reply to DaveJ (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2013, 02:59 PM

May 2013

it would not hurt to call, even if it ends up as a voice message, and ask something along the lines of
" Looking forward to startig work on ________ and was wondering if there was anything I should bear in mind for the first day"

Even Human Resources could be an effective place to call...

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Waiting out a Big Notice at my current job is driving me nutts [View all] DaveJ May 2013 OP

If you have a contact person at the new place dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #1

Ok, thanks, I'll do that DaveJ May 2013 #2

The email exchange, which of course you saved, is proof of job. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #4

That makes me feel much better DaveJ May 2013 #5

As long as you trust the recruiter and company you're going to... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #3

Yes, I trust everyone involved. DaveJ May 2013 #6

As a contractor... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author durbin Jun 2013 #8