The job reference: the language of codes

📖 Lesson ──▶ 🎯 Quiz — pick the translation ──▶ ✅ Lesson done

The reference is mandatory when leaving. You have a right to a "benevolent" wording. Germans read between the lines: "zufrieden" = bad, "voll und ganz" = standard, "stets zu vollster Zufriedenheit" = top. "Wir bedauern" = dismissed. "Gutes Gedeihen" = dispute. Check: dates correct? tasks complete? no "bedauern" at the end? If unsure — demand a revision.

●"Stets zu vollster Zufriedenheit" = grade 1; "zufrieden" = grade 4
●Interim reference when changing roles inside the firm — do not wait for the end
●Missing "bedauern" is a minus: demand "wir bedanken uns und bedauern"

📜 Courts treat "soziales Verhalten" as mandatory: if missing — the reference is incomplete, demand a revision.

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Test yourself!

Practice the topic with the trainer — like after class

Quiz — pick the translation → 🖨 Worksheet

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