How a relieving letter helps you for your next job

Is a relieving letter important? How does it help for your next job?

A relieving letter is a much needed document and helps in exiting gracefully from an organization. It enables future employers to be assured that the candidate does not possess any links with the previous employer.

Studies by recruitment agencies show that 92 per cent of the employees and managements across various domains take exit policies seriously. Research findings also show that more than 90 per cent of the organizations stress on a relieving letter during recruitment.

Several candidates’ especially fresh graduates and junior professionals do not realise the importance of a relieving letter. A relieving letter stands as a pillar for walking without any problems into your next job. Your relieving letter from the previous employer shows that you have cleared all the dues and have no work pending there.

A relieving letter is that official document provided by an organization to their employee. It is also considered to be an acknowledgment letter for the service rendered by the employee. The relieving letter is a critical document issued by an organization to one of its staff members who has duly resigned from their role.

A relieving letter consists of a positive response or feedback of the employee from the organization. The relieving letter is also a letter of acknowledgment thanking the employee’s services towards the company. The relieving letter is crucial for various other organizations to understand and measure you through your immediate past work job roles and experience. Apart from this, the relieving letter is issued to the employee only upon the completion of the pending work or assigned work .An employee can get their relieving letter only after they have cleared all the formalities and there are no pending jobs.

Employees understand how relieving letters help in graceful exits for the employee. Since organizations are networked well, it is vital that the employee doesn’t face any problem when they want to walk out. It is in such situations that the relieving letter is considered extremely useful and stands a crucial testimony for the employee.

The goal of the study was to get an idea about the employees' seriousness and reasons during the exit process and understanding the methods at several organizations.

SAMPLE RELEIVING LETTER INDICATING A CLEAN EXIT PROCESS

Date: 

Employee name

Employee designation

Employee address

 

Dear Employee name

 

With reference to your letter dated ___________ for resigning from the services of our organization,

We write to inform you that your resignation has been accepted and you shall be relieved of your duties with effect from close of working hours of _______________.

You are requested to hand over all the property of the company including hard copies and e copies of files, brochures etc to the authorized people.

Your salary, incentives and other benefits have been settled with the company and you can collect the same on the day of relieving after office hours.

We appreciate your contribution towards our company. We wish you the very best in all your future endeavours.

With best wishes,

Authorized signature

SAMPLE RELIEVING LETTER TO PROCEED WITH NEXT JOB

Date of the letter issued

Employee Name

Employee Address

Employee Address – city 

To Whomsoever It May Concern

 

With reference to your resignation letter dated on.........., your resignation has been accepted and we agree to relieve you from the duties on .......... We confirm that you have worked with our company from ....... as a ..........................

 

During your employment with us we found you to be sincere and hardworking in performing your duties.

We would like to thank you for your service with the company and wish you the best for your future endeavours.

Best wishes

HR Manager

Executive name