| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| voluntarily leaving employment |
new employment |
not definite |
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Summary:
The claimant had to complete a three-month practicum to obtain her teaching degree. She did not have a contract or even the promise of a contract before she quit her job at the store and could not have one before she completed her three-month practicum. She quit her job to complete her practicum in an area where she firmly believed she would obtain a position as a teacher. Relying on the decision in A-249-01, the Umpire stated that to show the assurance of employment in the near future, a claimant has to establish that she had an offer of employment from the new employer and the job she hopes to obtain is not conditional on a training practicum that has not yet been completed or undertaken.
