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Mathew Cannady
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Asking for a reference?

So here's the deal - references can make or break your application. It's no secret. You need to know what people are saying about you when potential employers call. That means you need to let them know that they're a reference! I recommend sending an email or giving your reference a quick call to let them know what you were thinking. If they agree, awesome. If not, you just avoided having a bad reference on your resume!

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Danny Santana
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Crew Member at Mcdonalds

You can contact my old boss at 13473611998

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Donna Brooks
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Customer Service

Yeah, it can help if you let them know a little bit about the positions you are applying to as well, so that they have a point of reference.

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Peggy Paredez
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Thank's appreciate the advise.

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khadir mlioui
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Security Guard at Sami Multi Services

Topic: Job Application In the name of God the Merciful complete peace of Imam Maulana existence. Sir, and yet, I am pleased to extend this respectfully to my request for the position of assistant carpenter Njarao Aouhars security or in general any profession, Moroccan inform you that I am 40 years old. Father of two children and a baby and holds a carpentry vocational qualification certificate and a certificate of professional specialization in the same profession and evidence in the private security guard with the four companies, Btdarab and multi-professional programs Khalalal to Aslanwat formative career, and now I think he gained some experience in the field of carpentry and security guard Raji from God and that I have the luck with your agreement it i am waiting from your answer your brather khadir

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Dinesh Sharma
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Hope they agree to refer me

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Marie Pierre
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I don't nwo

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Bruno Vieira
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It is not necessarily that your reference does not want their information shared. As the company you want to be hired by does not know you, I do not know them either, do they have good privacy policy practices? What happens to that application once you hand it in? I handed in an application to a potential employer once, did not hear back, so I followed up. Hiring manager could not find my application. He said he misplaced it somewhere. That application had my SS number and all my info on it. Can you say identity theft. It goes both ways.

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David Azad
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Good advice. Though it's usually better to ask them if they are willing to be a reference.

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