Received certificate as a temporary worker

Entitlement to a job reference as temporary help

• As an employee, also as a temporary worker, you are generally entitled to a certificate from Section 109 of the Trade Regulations or from a valid collective agreement.
• The law distinguishes between the simple and the qualified testimony. Your employer only needs to enter the type and duration of employment in the simple certificate qualified not only a comprehensive description of your tasks, but also evaluations of your performance contains.
• Your employer has to give you a simple reference in any case; he only has to give you the qualified one on request.
• So insist on a comprehensive job description and evaluation of your performance!

This is what a job description should look like

• According to the personal details and the duration of the apprenticeship, the certificate should contain a complete description of all the activities with which you were entrusted.


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• Your employer may only omit insignificant secondary activities, such as making coffee, etc., but has to do so after In accordance with the principles of jurisprudence, mention any areas that show your professional skills and experience permit. For example, if you were not only sorting files, but also had to talk to customers over the phone, this should be included in the job description. Even if you have been entrusted with particularly trustworthy tasks, such as dealing with the cash register, this must be mentioned as proof of your reliability.
• In particular, check that all activities that are usual in this professional environment are listed, if you have ever had to deal with them. Because leaving out work that is considered fundamental in the industry can create the impression that your performance in this area has been poor.
• Your employer can also summarize the individual activities in bullet points. But you should always make sure that the most important are mentioned first.
• When you finally get a testimonial with a meaningful and complete job description continue to insist that the subsequent evaluative section be equally extensive fails. Because if the testimony goes too far in the descriptive part and then goes too briefly on your performance, readers can in turn draw the conclusion that your skills are lacking.

In order to convince other employers of your professional experience, a detailed job description is also extremely important for temporary workers. Therefore, do not be satisfied with a standard certificate. If necessary, formulate your certificate yourself and ask your employer to sign it.