How would you word it?

[Rivlas]

My main line would be that you are moving back into the area. Also say that he enjoyed his time there and left the company to enhance his work experience . (If this is the case)

You will soon find out if his former boss has been contacted as to why he left.

All the best with the job application letter/email.

[Arimeh]

Thanks Rivlas

We aren't moving back to the area - its just the area that we are wanting to move to has another office there (like, we live on the sunshine coast, he used to work at the mooloolaba office, and we are wanting to move to hervey bay and there is a local office of the firm there).

He did go with the other directors out of loyalty to one of them - because he had worked directly under him for 3 years. But he's unappreciated there, there is nowhere to go career-wise - because he is the highest you can get - they won't let him do project management or anything - so he can't even get his drafting license to start his own business.

However - if he went back to this BIG firm - there is opportunities there to move up.

[Rivlas]

O.K Something like you are looking at moving there, get the drift...

You could also say something along the line that he wants to learn new aspects of the business.

Just another rambling thought, can he go back to Uni or night school to get his drafting licence?

[Arimeh]

Riv - nah he's done all the schooling for it - he needs practical experience - he's got the experience in drafting because he has done it for ages now - but need the experience of being a project manager - which only happens in big firms.

(would have been helpful if he thought about this BEFORE leaving the big firm for the tiny firm!! lol)

[Rivlas]

What a pain

The sad reality might be that its somewhere else and not Hervey Bay to get work.

Another rambling thought - does he know anyone at the old firm & get them to suss out his chances of getting work there.

[Arimeh]

Riv (thanks for taking the time to answer my posts btw)

Yeah, he does have a contact there - thats what got him thinking of it in the first place. He still has contact with an old workmate who we caught up with on saturday who told him to just get in contact with the HR director and put some feelers out there...

[maz]

Maybe he could say that due to personal developments he felt he had to move on at the time, and now that these needs have been forfilled he would like to know if there is an opportunity to regain emplyment within the company once again.

He doesnt have to say what the personal developments were....he could say a white lie and say that at the time his 'head' wasnt in the right place IFYKWIM and he thought it would be better to remove himself rather then display the negetivity and stress he had in his work.