Does a competency process appear on an HR reference?

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I have been looking for jobs for a while because I am struggling with aspects of my current one and have given up trying to resolve them with my line manager.

I have been informed that my current employer is unhappy with my level of achievement and is considering beginning competency processes. I think this starts with an informal meeting and only becomes formal at the three month stage.

Either way I am inclined to ask our HR department for a reference rather than my line manager. As I understand it this contains minimal information beyond employment dates etc.

If I am informally or formally within the competency process by the time I need a reference, will a UK HR department reference mention it?

manpreet 2 years ago

There isn't really a definitive href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/answer">answer to this question as the only real href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/rules">rules regarding references in the UK are that they must be true.

Essentially this will boil down to what the HR person wants to do - if they so choose they can mention the competency process or not. Typically though I wouldn't expect them to mention it, if nothing else because of the commonly believed href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/myth">myth that you aren't allowed to give bad references in the UK. If they were specifically asked about it they would have to href="https://forum.tuteehub.com/tag/answer">answer truthfully but I'd suggest that's a pretty unlikely scenario.