New job, clear timing
Situation playbookRental application when starting a new job
An accepted offer describes the role that is coming next. Make the start date and the first-pay gap easy to see without describing future earnings as money already received.
- Market
- AU
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Updated
Short answer
Show the offer’s actual status and confirmed start date beside the employment records you already hold. Mark whether the role is not started, started without a payslip, or supported by a payslip that now exists. Ask the recipient what they need while the first payslip is unavailable, and keep future pay separate from income already received.
Action plan
Explain the evidence gap briefly
Before the first payslip, a short note can say that the role is accepted and starts on the date shown in the offer. After the first pay cycle, add the dated payslip if requested and retire any note that has become obsolete. Do not fill the gap with projected tables made from assumptions.
Copyable message before your first payslip
Choose the truthful status in brackets and remove the alternative. Mention a first-pay date only when it is confirmed in a record you hold.
Subject: New employment information for [property address] Hello [name], I have accepted the [role] position with [employer], with a confirmed start date of [date]. [I have not started yet / I started on date.] My first payslip is not yet available. I hold [accepted offer or other existing record] showing [the relevant details it contains]. My [previous employment or other existing record] covers [its own period] separately. Please confirm what relevant evidence you need for the current stage of this employment change. Kind regards, [applicant name]
Working checklist
Build a before-start and after-start sequence
Create a dividing line at the commencement date. Records before that date describe the prior position or available resources. Records after it can describe the new role only when they exist. This prevents a reviewer from having to infer which employment period each attachment belongs to.
Useful context
Give the offer one precise purpose
Use the offer to show the agreed role, employer and commencement date contained in the document. Do not treat it as proof that work has started or that a particular amount has already been paid. If acceptance is not recorded, describe the document according to its actual status.
Practical example
Filled example: before starting and before the first payslip
Fictional example only: Noah Chen has accepted a role with Example Studio starting 26 October 2026. He is preparing his application on 11 October. The employer, dates and file labels are invented; they do not establish an acceptable income level or a required employment period.
- At application, 11 October | Role accepted; work not started | Existing record: accepted offer stating 26 October start | Future employment, not wages already received.
- On 26 October, if Noah actually starts | Work started; first payslip not yet available | Update the status only when it is true | Do not write “paid” before payment is recorded.
- When the first payslip exists | Record its actual covered dates | Existing record: first payslip | Replace the outdated missing-payslip note if a further update is requested.
- Previous work | Keep its records in a separately dated group | They concern the earlier job | Do not relabel them as earnings from Example Studio.
Keep in view
Share only the relevant employment pages
Provide information relevant to the recipient's application process and handle identity or financial material carefully.
Check whether the offer contains private contact, benefit or internal business information beyond the application purpose. Provide the relevant document in the form requested, and avoid adding workplace correspondence or an entire employment file simply to make the new role look more substantial.
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Questions
Common questions
Clear answers for the decisions people usually pause on.
Can a job offer replace a payslip?
They answer different questions. An offer can show agreed future employment details, while a payslip records a completed pay period. Follow the property request and label each document by its purpose.
Should I estimate my first pay?
No. Use the amount and timing stated in records you actually hold, and identify future pay as not yet received rather than calculating a result for the application.
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