current employer given my cv

[j4ckos mate]

My current employer would like a chat next week after finding out that ive been posting my CV out,

how would you handle it?
whats the best line to take?

[silverous]

Very unfortunate but happens, it isn't illegal or bad form for you to be looking, so let him/her do the talking, can he fix the reasons why you are looking to leave? Would you stay if they did?

[randlemarcus]

Out of interest, was it a friend of your boss who passed it back, or an agency? If the latter, how much more was the role worth than you are on. Might ease the discussion somewhat

[Welfare2Work]

Don't be too quick to apologise - even though it's an employers market out there, good honest staff are hard to find and it is a NIGHTMARE sifting through all the coal to find the odd diamond.

They will be mindful of the HELL that is recruitment these days.

[bga]

Welfare2Work said:

They will be mindful of the HELL that is recruitment these days.

There are muppets & liars out there but there always have been. In my industry (IT) things haven't changed too much in the 10 years or so I've been hiring for my firm.

OP - I agree with silverous

[Engineer1]

How recent is the CV? If it is reasonably old then a play of rightous indignation that the agency have been passing your old CV found on line from last time you job hunted to a company without contacting you or even checking if you where looking. My CV that hasn't been updated for over a year still gets bites on job boards.

[Gargamel]

Is there a particular reason your cv is out there?

Is it something you could honestly tell your boss.

not learning anything.
love the job, but worried you'll still be doing the same thing in five years.

no pay rise for x years.
problem with colleague?

Honesty just might pay?

[pincher]

Presuming it was an agency that passed it across, I would be lambasting them and making it very clear that you are unhappy they are distributing your details without permission.

[lestag]

Engineer1 said:

How recent is the CV? If it is reasonably old then a play of rightous indignation that the agency have been passing your old CV found on line from last time you job hunted to a company without contacting you or even checking if you where looking.

Hopefully the OP has not been using the company email system to send the CV out....
OP I would just listen to them and let them do all the talking

[silverous]

Wonder if the OP is coming back to tell us or to see our advice before speaking to boss?!

[Gwagon111]

I would go in with my head held high, and tell it like it is. I would probably say that I was sending my C.V. out, in order to gauge how things are currently in the jobs market, in terms of remuneration for the role I was in etc. etc. etc. I find that honesty is the best policy with this type of situation. If you handle it well, you may even get a pay increase, and / or a better job with your current employer. If one of my chaps did something like this, and was up front with me, and they were worth keeping, I'd be inclined to view it as 'balsy' and negotiate a better deal with them.

[j4ckos mate]

Cheers chaps
Will let you know outcome

[strudel]

Just come across this - any word?

[Flibble]

What can an employer really do about this? I'd assume that any negative action taken against the employee could be viewed as bullying or even unfair (constructive) dismissal.

[New POD]

Tell him, that about 6 months ago you were thinking of moving North for family reasons, and it resulted in a lot of interest from recruiters, but the family issue is now resolved and you just failed to take your CV off all the jobsites you put it on.

But now that he asks, the interest you had, made you believe that you were under valued and you'd like to discuss a better package.

[The Count]

How did you get on?