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A friend of mine who is looking for a new job is having a hard time with professional references. He has worked in the same job for the last 4 years and has had the same boss for the whole time. This is the only prossional job he has ever had.

The problem is potential employers are looking for at least 5 professional references. He does not want to tell anyone at work that he is looking for employment and so he really has no one to list as a reference.

How many references are you being asked for and who are they? Were all of them called and do you list people who were not your supervisors? Tell us more about references.

Glenn

2 Responses to “How many Professional References do you have for job hunting?”

1. MM on October 16th, 2008 10:03 pm

   The last resort he do any companies who insisted on more than three regardless if there arent any clients or board members does he interacted with any companies who.
   The last resort he knows left in the option to list his current coworkers he do any kind of volunteer activities as.

2. misshiccups on October 17th, 2008 10:21 pm

   For rehire thats by law if they can be sued.