Item Number
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Subject, Name and Description
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Price
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| New Job 1 |
Cover Letter Submitting Your Resume
A simple, yet memorable and effective Cover Letter for submitting your resume to a prospective employer. Contains alternative clauses for various circumstances: responding to an advertisement; upon suggestion of a mutual acquaintance; upon request of a friend or mentor. |
$19.95
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| New Job 2 |
Thank You Letter after Interview; Later Follow Up
An elegant, brief, yet effective “Thank You” letter following a job interview. Intended to convey your strong interest in the position, and encourage a prompt call-back and eventual job offer. Includes a Follow Up letter for your use if you have not heard back within two weeks of interview. |
$19.95
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| New Job 3 |
Confirming Basic Terms of Job Offer by Employer
An Action Letter for your use in confirming the basic terms of a job offer you have received, and to create a written record to avoid later disagreements, differences in memory, or potential employer bad faith. In a later dispute, it may prove very valuable to have to present back to your employer, or in a lawsuit or arbitration proceeding. Even if your employer doesn’t give you anything “in writing,” this is how you can put something “in writing” yourself. |
$29.95
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| New Job 4 |
Memo to HR to Clarify “Benefits and Burdens”
An Action Memo for your use in gathering critical information about the benefits, restrictions, policies and rules you will benefit from, and be subject to many of the benefits and conditions you will encounter in a new job. Will you be required to sign a non-compete agreement on your second day? Will you be denied all benefits until you are employed three months? You might be in for a nasty surprise. It’s better to find out before you accept the job, not after you start. |
$29.95
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| New Job 5 |
Model Response to Offer Letter
Offer Letters (sometimes called “Welcome Aboard” letters) seem short, simple and to the point. However, most Offer Letters are quite the opposite: they are often deceptively written, in that they contain (a) employment “risks” that are carefully hidden, and (b) what we call “wiggle room” that can be used to deny you employment “rewards” that you are counting on. This Model Memo shows you how to address and correct the most common problems in Offer Letters. |
$29.95
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| New Job 6 |
Advising Interviewer(s) Not to Contact Your Employer
Leaving one job and starting a new one can be a nerve-wracking experience. You want to do all that is necessary to help yourself get the job you want, without unnecessarily risking the job you have. This letter – advising your interviewers not to contact your present employer without your prior consent – is perhaps the most important step in that process. |
$29.95
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| New Job 7 |
Master Checklist of Employment Negotiation Items
A Comprehensive Checklist to ensure you don’t fail to raise, request or resolve an issue of importance to you before you “shake hands” on the terms and conditions of a new job. Remember: “If you don’t ask, you don’t receive.” Remember, too, that “If you don’t think of it, you won’t ask for it.” |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 1 |
Response to Receiving Performance Improvement Plan
You are brought into a room, told your performance is unsatisfactory, and that you have sixty days to totally improve. You feel violated, powerless and angry. You don’t know what to do. This Action Memo gives you the form in which to challenge a Performance Improvement Plan. This is the most common reason visitors come to our Blog, and this is the most popular Action Memo in our Sklover’s “Private Library”. |
$49.95
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| Job Issues 2 |
Memo Report/Complaint of Discrimination, Harassment, Hostility to HR or Legal
It is firmly established in the law – even confirmed by the United States Supreme Court – that an employer cannot be held responsible for discrimination, harassment or hostility if the affected employee did not report what happened . . . and there is a record of that report. For this reason it’s critical that an employee complaint be put into writing, so that the fact that it was transmitted, and exactly what was reported, can be confirmed. This Model Memo can help you do just that. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 3 |
Memo Confirming Meeting with HR/Legal after Your Reporting Discrimination
For those who report discrimination, harassment or hostility to their employer’s HR or Legal Team, it is important to prepare and maintain a written “history” of developments regarding your complaint. This Memo provides a good model for this purpose. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 4 |
Memo Requesting Raise or Promotion
One of the more sensitive tasks in the employment relation is asking for a raise or promotion. Should you be forceful? Should you be careful? What is the right balance? This Model Memo shows you how. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 5 |
Response to Request You Sign a Non-Compete Agreement
You have just been offered a great job . . . but it requires that you sign a “non-compete agreement.” You find yourself in a quandary: the non-compete seems to say that, if you leave this job for any reason, you can’t work in your industry for a full year. What are you going to do to pay the bills during that time? How should you respond? This Model Memo shows you how. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 6 |
Memo to Set Your Bonus Expectations with Your Boss
Your one best method to getting the annual bonus you deserve is to (a) ask for it, (b) ask for it at the right time, and (c) ask for it in the right way. This Model Memo can be used as a good example for your own memo. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 7 |
Model Equity & Benefit “Inventory”
Over the years we have found that many clients fail to keep careful record of valuable equity and benefits, and related conditions and dates. That can result in significant, though avoidable, losses; it’s like throwing money out of a window. Here’s our form to help you prevent that, for you and your family’s protection. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 8 |
Memo Objecting to Retaliation on the Job
Sadly, more and more employees who report financial wrongdoing, or who object to harassment or discrimination, or who participate in investigations of illegality, suffer retaliation for doing so. If this happens to you, it is important to object, in writing, and to do so effectively. This model memo shows you how. |
$29.95
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| Job Issues 9 |
Memo Requesting Monies Not Yet Paid by Present Employer
What do you do if your employer doesn’t pay you what you are owed, due to oversight, differences in calculation, or some other reason? Don’t get angry, don’t get fired; instead, get moving, in a smart way. Here’s how to make a respectful, effective request for monies due you by your present employer. |
$19.95
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| Job Issues 10 |
Memo Requesting FMLA Information, Forms, Procedures
The Family and Medical Leave Act (known as “FMLA”) is a federal law that gives most employees a right to take time off to care for loved ones, and return to that same (or an equivalent) job. It’s a very useful law, but kind of complicated, too. Many people ask us, “Where do I start?” This memo shows you how. |
$19.95
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| Job Issues 11 |
Requesting Review of HR File
You may have a legal right to review (and copy) your HR file. (A state-by-state review of the law can be found in our Newsletter/Q&A Library.) Even if you do not have a legal right to do so, you have every right to submit a respectful and convincing letter asking to do so. This Model Letter shows you how. |
$29.95
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| Resign 1 |
Two Alternative Resignation Letters
We present two alternative resignation letters for your use. First, a short version, to satisfy the minimal requirements of courtesy. Second, a mid-length version to address issues of incomplete projects, compensation due, and future communications. These are offered as a “package” because you may want to use parts of each in your own resignation. |
$39.95
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| Resign 2 |
Master 100-Point Pre-Resignation Checklist
Perhaps the most popular Item on our Private Library. You can make many mistakes of “omission or commission” in voluntarily resigning. These 100 things to do, not to do, and to consider doing in the resignation process, reduce the chances you will make a mistake. |
$39.95
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| Resign 3 |
Involuntary Resignation
If you resign from your job, you may be losing out on many valuable interests, including prorated bonus, severance, vesting of stock or stock options, and even unemployment insurance. However, if you are “involuntarily” resigning due to an intolerable situation at work, these interests – and others – may be yours to keep. This Model Letter shows you how. |
$39.95
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| Severance 1 |
Request for More Time to Review and/or Sign Severance Agreement
Most severance agreements give employees 21 days to review, sign and return it to the employer. Some severance agreements provide 45 days, some only 10 days. It is very common that employees need more time to consider how to respond. This Model Memo shows you how best to request more time. |
$29.95
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| Severance 2 |
Requesting Additional Severance
Don’t believe you have been offered sufficient severance, considering your circumstances and service to your employer? That would not be surprising, because over time employers have reduced the amount of severance they offer. This model memo is the kind of memo we suggest all of our clients use in order to request additional severance. |
$39.95
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| Severance 3 |
Requesting “Departure Statement”/Reference Letter
After termination comes the new job search. Each of your interviewers may ask you the reason for your departure. Having a Reference Letter, or “Departure Statement” (which provides a positive ’spin’ on your departure) can only help you land that job. Being able to provide such a letter to potential employers will give you both an advantage, and additional confidence, as well. Though most employers have policies against providing reference letters, in the severance process you can negotiate for one. Use this memo to do just that. |
$19.95
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| Severance 4 |
Proactive, Pre-Termination Request for a Severance Package
There are circumstances in which – even though you have not been fired, downsized or laid off – you can ASK to leave and still receive a severance package. It is a matter of having a good reason to suggest such an arrangement, connecting it to your departure, and asking in the right way. This Model Memo serves as a model to make such a request. |
$29.95
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| Severance 5 |
Master 94-Point Severance Negotiation Checklist
Being “severed” from your employment requires that you attend to many different decisions and details during a time of high anxiety. Our 94-Point Master Checklist for Severance provides you a “roadmap” for getting done what needs to get done, including points to negotiate, with minimal confusion, anxieties and worries. |
$39.95
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| Post-Employ 1 |
Demand for Unpaid Employment Compensation
A formal demand letter for use after employment to demand compensation of any kind not paid on time. This Model Letter can be used to demand unpaid salary, earned bonus, unreimbursed expenses, or any other unpaid item. This Model Letter may, itself, motivate your former employer to “pay up” what is due. If not, and you have to go to your state’s Labor Department or court, your having “demanded” the money in this way will assist you in your collection efforts. |
$29.95
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| Post-Employ 2 |
Request for Reference Letter with Three Model Reference Letters
To get an interview, or at an interview, it’s a great advantage to have positive, powerful reference letters. Experience shows that, if you submit a “first draft” to a mentor, teacher or colleague, you’re much more likely to get the reference letter you want. Here are two different versions we recommend, along with a brief and polite “transmittal” letter to the person to whom you are sending your request.
(See also Severance 3, above)
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$29.95
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| Sample Agreement 1 |
Consultant
It’s more common than ever for those between jobs, or in semi-retirement, to take on temporary assignments as Consultants. And many find that Consultancy is a nice way of life. If Consultancy is in your future, here’s a Sample Consultant Agreement, to be adapted with your particular facts, services, clients, etc., to get you started on your way. |
$29.95
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| Sample Agreement 2 |
Independent Contractor
Instead of being an employee for one employer, many people find that they prefer to sell their services and earn their living by being independent. If you do, it is important to establish the “rules” of that relation, in order to avoid costly disputes. This Model Agreement can serve as a guide to preparing your own independent contractor agreement. |
$29.95
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| Sample Agreement 3 |
Partnership
If you are planning on going into business with others, it is prudent to have a written agreement, so as to avoid future costly disputes. There is an old business saying that “No one can hurt you as much as your partners.” Use this model partnership agreement as a basis of an agreement for your partnership. |
$39.95
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| Sample Agreement 4 |
Executive Employment
It’s not common for an executive to need to supply his or her own employment agreement; the employer almost always has its own attorneys provide an initial draft. Still, (a) executives do sometimes need to propose their own agreements. Additionally, executives sometimes ask for a “sample” employment to either (b) compare with the draft they have received, or (c) review for alternative ideas and language. This Sample Executive Employment Agreement can be used for all those purposes. |
$29.95
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