Provisional Offer Letters

Dear All,
Very good evening!
We are working in theMicrofinance Industry and we plan to hire some grassroot level candidates by first putting them through a one month course on general abilities and Microfinance as a career option.
I need to roll out Provisional Offer Letters (POL) to these candidates stating clearly the criteria's they need to fulfill in this month to be sucessfully absorbed in our organization.
I will explicitly mention all necessary criteria's in the POL.
Please share your views on the same....
Thanks in advance...
Regards,
Malvika Madan

An Offer Letter itself is "provisional".
If you intend to issue a "Provisional" Offer Letter; it implies lack of trust and questions the authenticity and intent (of hiring) of the Offer itself.
Warm regards.

Dear Raj,
Thanks! But we already issue Offer Letters in the normal go to all candidates. The ones going throught the Vocational Course need a different format and name....

Dear Malvika

Thanks for your response and clarifying the issue.

What I gather now is, (apart from your normal hiring), you pick up (select) some candidates from grass-root level and impart training and on successful completion of which, they may be hired; although mere successful completion of the training does not create an obligation on the part of the company to hire the candidate.

You can call such letters -

• Appointment Advice,
  
• Letter of Intent,
  
• Selection for Vocational Training in Micro-finance,
  
• Career Counselling Advice etc;
  

for your own internal/administrative purpose to distinguish it from other offer letters issued in normal course.

However, a word of caution; Indian laws takes cognizance of anything "called by any other name"; which means that if a letter purports to be an offer letter, it remains so even if it is called differently.

Consequently, you will have to take care on how the letter is drafted; esp. the terms and conditions.

Hope you find the above helpful, in making the required distinction.

Warm regards.