How to Ask for Your Job Back

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Assess the legitimacy of your termination.. Seek legal counsel if necessary.. Revise your résumé or vitae.

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Assess the legitimacy of your termination.

Step 1

Assess the legitimacy of your termination.

2

Seek legal counsel if necessary.

Step 2

Seek legal counsel if necessary.

3

Revise your résumé or vitae.

Step 3

Revise your résumé or vitae.

4

Reach out to your previous employer to determine if rehiring is a possibility.

Step 4

Reach out to your previous employer to determine if rehiring is a possibility.

5

Resolve any issue that may have caused your termination.

Step 5

Resolve any issue that may have caused your termination.

6

Prepare for questions regarding your departure and time away.

Step 6

Prepare for questions regarding your departure and time away.

7

Submit a new application for employment.

Step 7

Submit a new application for employment.

8

Resolve your own issues first.

Step 8

Resolve your own issues first.

9

Apologize to your previous employer and boss if needed.

Step 9

Apologize to your previous employer and boss if needed.

10

Revise your résumé or curriculum vitae.

Step 10

Revise your résumé or curriculum vitae.

11

Submit your updated résumé or vitae to your previous employer.

Step 11

Submit your updated résumé or vitae to your previous employer.

12

Be prepared to answer questions about why you quit.

Step 12

Be prepared to answer questions about why you quit.

13

Humble yourself before your boss.

Step 13

Humble yourself before your boss.

14

Keep in contact with your business connections.

Step 14

Keep in contact with your business connections.

15

Update your résumé or curriculum vitae.

Step 15

Update your résumé or curriculum vitae.

16

Get supportive references from within the company.

Step 16

Get supportive references from within the company.

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Submit your revised résumé or vitae to your previous employer.

Step 17

Submit your revised résumé or vitae to your previous employer.

18

Stay prepared to work again immediately.

Step 18

Stay prepared to work again immediately.

19

Protect your employment status.

Step 19

Protect your employment status.

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