I am going to be resigning from a BB IBD position to join a different BB. I will be getting the offer letter early next week. Of course, I will wait until the official letter comes in, but I am wondering if is it typical to wait until the background check is complete and everything is truly finalized? I have a minor drug misdemeonor charge from 2011 (which shouldn't be an issue), but would still rather wait until they perform the background check. Thoughts?
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Personally, I’d wait until the background check is cleared before resigning. In a worse case scenario, they find the charge, pull the offer after you’ve resigned from the first BB, and you’re stuck without options. And if that happens, then you’re stuck with having to come up with a story on why you were suddenly unemployed at interviews...
What’s the harm in waiting?
(1) this wouldn’t be an issue if you had a clean background.
(2) give notice to your old employer at the last possible moment. It’s common for them to say “we don’t need two weeks notice, your last day is today”. So there’s little incentive to give them early notice.
Your first comment is incredubly insightful, truly. Anything else painfully obvious and of no help you'd like to add?
You can throw as much of a hissy fit as you want, it doesn't make me wrong ;-)
No one said it was wrong, it's just useless and doesn't contribute in any way.
You must be fun at parties.....