Facing Campus Placement Issues Without a Relieving Letter: What Are My Options?

I worked for a company for 8 months and suffered from jaundice. As per the doctor's prescription, I was asked for 2 months of bed rest. After 2 months, my company refused to let me in, and since I was in a 2-year probation period, they didn't provide a relieving letter. Now, I am doing an MBA from one of the best colleges in India, and seniors are saying that the company will not let me sit for campus placement due to the absence of a relieving letter. One more thing, I also worked for a family friend after leaving my previous company. If I provide details of that company (like a relieving letter and all), will it suffice, or will they still ask to submit the relieving letter of my first employer?

Steps for Handling Employment Documentation Issues

1. For the first company, provide the offer letter and medical history.
2. For the second company, collect the service letter or relieving letter. With this information, prepare an appeal and submit it to your college.

With the exception of joining as an experienced candidate or fresher, all depends on you. Obviously, in case you do not possess a relieving/experience certificate, your tenure for those 8 months would not be pertinent.

Recommendation and Relieving Letters

How many months have you worked for your friend? If it is for a shorter span, I'd suggest you take a recommendation letter (on the letterhead) from the last employer along with the relieving letter, as a "Recommendation Letter" always speaks about your essential skills and the position worked for. This gives the Hiring Manager dexterous/handy information about you. Certainly, your resume speaks for itself—if you provide information about your previous employer, you may need to explain the reason for your abrupt departure (No employer demands certificates unless the resume has such loose ends).

Presenting Yourself Positively

People speak apathetically; all you need to do is to check the strengths you have and present yourself well during the interviews. Being with a positive mindset always creates yield.

All the Best!

In addition to the response by Sharmila ji, first, I would like to say that the actions taken by your employer were obvious because you never informed them about your illness. How can they understand the reality of your sickness and that a doctor has advised you to take two months of rest unless you inform them somehow? Bed rest does not mean you cannot make a phone call or send an email to your employer. Now, please tell us what you did.

Probationary Job Option

Second, can you please let us know who provided this probationary job option to you? You mentioned, “Now you are doing MBA.” Does this mean you enrolled yourself for an MBA after this working period (probationary job), or what?

If you were working in the past and have enrolled and started your studies after this period of working, there is no need to prove this past employment unless asked by your university, with whatever benefits/options that a student can expect. Therefore, you do not need to worry about losing your position for campus recruitment or listening to your seniors.

Consulting Mentors or Faculty

Third, if you are talking about your senior college mates by addressing them as SENIORS as quoted above, I believe you should not take them seriously. Instead, you need to consult a mentor/college faculty (someone you can talk to) or any college authority in this regard. Certainly, you should not take your college mates' beliefs seriously.

Relieving Letter and Employment Proof

Regarding the relieving letter, if asked, it is you who knows that you have worked for a family friend, not the university/college. You just have to prove that you were employed, not that your employer was a family friend or whatever. In this case, your relieving letter will certainly be sufficient, but what value your campus recruiter gives to the company of your family friend where you have worked is totally going to depend on them. We can't actually say anything in this regard.

Regards.

Thank you very much for your reply. I worked for 8 months for my friend, and I can arrange all the required documents like a relieving letter, etc. So, I think it will suffice even if I don't submit the relieving letter from my first employer.

Thank you very much for your reply. I worked for 8 months for my friend, and I can arrange all the documents required, like a relieving letter, etc. So, I think it will suffice even if I don't submit the relieving letter from my first employer.

Eight months is a good period of time, and the documents from your friend's company will serve the purpose. I suggest that you keep an answer ready in case someone (who knows you) asks about your past experience. Rest assured in your performance.