Resigning - before or after background check?
Any thoughts on when to resign from your current position if you have a new job lined up, but your new employer is still wrapping up background checks? Would like to start new role as soon as possible, but unfortunately I have to provide a 4 week notice to my current employer. I have nothing sketchy to hide so I'm not worried about the background check, but wondering if I should play it 100% safe and just wait until it's done?
Always play it safe. Wait until your background check clears, your offer is signed, and said signed offer is acknowledged by your new employer's HR. You can afford to wait a couple weeks to start your new gig.
How long does the background check take? I would generally advise to play it safe and wait until things clear, but I’ve seen companies use 3rd parties for their background checks that take weeks (and up to a month sometimes) to clear.
Appreciate the thoughts so far. Unfortunately I'm not really sure how long the background check will take - I'm at the VP level with 10 years of work experience (though only at 2 firms) so could take a while. The last time I resigned was a while back as an analyst so only had to provide 2 weeks notice period and I waited until the background check was finished. Just wanted to get perspectives from other people whether to do the same this time around even though my notice period is 4 weeks.
what would happen if you chose to resign with two weeks notice as opposed to the four? can they do anything about it? can you use PTO days to bring down that number?
From a legal perspective, probably not much, but I am still planning on providing 4 weeks notice to avoid burning bridges.
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