How to Ask Your Company for a Career Break
Some Useful Tips on how to ask your employer for a sabbatical
Want to know how to ask your company for a career break / sabbatical, or how to write a career break letter to your employer? Then read on and get some top tips from us. Been working for the same company for a long time? Been in a stressful job and need a break? Want to take a break from work but don’t know how to ask your company? Don’t worry this is quite normal, so read on and find out how. Taking a career break or sabbatical as it is also knows as has become very popular recently and in these difficult economic times it is very advantageous for employees and companies alike. A number of years ago companies did not like employees taking careers breaks, but now they see the career breaks as giving extra life to the employees and getting an extra few years of service from them, thus not losing their skills and getting new skills from their employees on their return to work. Also in these difficult times a lot of companies are encouraging employees to take career breaks as it means they can keep their skilled staff, but able to give them unpaid leave for a number of months whilst they wait for economic climate to improve. So how do you ask for a career break? First of all you need to be clear what you want to do during your career break. Companies are more likely the approve for your career break if you are going to get new skills which will help the company in the long run, like learn a new language, do good around the world and not just going backpacking around Australia for a few months! Speak to your manager / human resources department explain how long you have worked there for, what you want to do, etc. During the meeting listen carefully and pickup on any comments made that you can develop further in your application. Sometimes it helps to guarantee that you will work for the company on your return for a minimum a year, etc. If you are happy to continue with your application then write a good letter, explaining everything in your meeting, include any answers to any concerns from your company, expand on what you intend to do, promote the positives as much as possible. If you are using a company to book your career break through then they will always be happy to give you a letter explaining your break.
Submit your application, cross your fingers and hope for success. If they don’t approve your application then ask for feedback and try again! Good luck.
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