So I had a job interview Friday it was a great interview she asked me if I could start next week, told me the starting pay, days and hours the job was everything. She told me she had to check my references and she would call me Monday well she didn't so I called her this afternoon and she tells me she is just waiting for my references to come back and she will call me by the end of today so I call my and references and ask them why they're not calling her back and they tell me she hasn't called. What does this mean do I or don't I have the job?

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I have always had a good reputation in the industry I worked in but something has gone wrong. I was let go in August for very strange reasons. The next week I had my first interview and then another. I was told by the second interviewer that he would not hire me because my previous employer said very negative things about me. I told him that I could give a hundred references that would give me a glowing review if he wanted. What ever was said must have been real bad because he just cut me out and said goodbye. Since then I have had several interviews with almost the say reaction. Lately I can't even get an interview. I have a wife and three young children. We are almost out of money and I have very little hope. I don't understand what is happening.

Our second #Jobreadytip of the day is all about references. #jobready #jobreadytips

I recently resigned from a job recently and I did it too early. It was a call center job and I had finished my training and was in nesting at the time before I actually started production. I do not like being on the phone but I wanted to try it out to see if I could overcome that but it turned out backfiring on me. So much I quit early. I liked the job but it just wasn’t for me. I would rather do chat support or email support so I am currently looking for those jobs. My question is, how should I approach the situation if I get interviewed or asked by a company I am applying for asks “Why did u leave your last job?” I don’t want to put the references of the company I used to work for because I wasn’t there long and if I put references down for the previous job I had before this one, they will think that’s suspicious. Can anyone give me some advice on what to do or say?

So today I received a phone call from a potential employer with a great company I am dying to work for, who happens to be a sub-contractor to my previous employer. I left that last job after that company had cut our benefits including pay, as did nearly half of the people I worked with. During my time there I honestly have no recollection of bad blood or heated arguments, but someone there told this potential employer I was argumentative among other things, but THANKFULLY they talked to more of my coworkers who had nothing but good things to say. I left in good terms and am friends with my last boss so this is all very confusing to me.

Anyways my question is, is it inappropriate to ask who exactly it was that they talked to? Do I even have a right to know? I don't know if there are any kind of confidentiality laws regarding this, but i would love to know because to me, talking poorly about someone to companies they are interviewing to is a very malicious thing to do. I can see if they were a terrible person or had a bad track record but for anyone else we are talking about their livelihood here! I'm going out of my mind with confusion, it's hard for me to imagine someone holding THAT big of a grudge, it's either that it they just don't care what happens to me. Either way it's messed up!

I have clean homes for 31 years I am very honest hard-working I have my own vehicle I'm very experienced I have plenty of references looking for either at night time job cleaning offices would be my best bet

#teensummerjobs #teenjobs #teens #jobsearch #tips #summerjobs #references

Friday’s #teensummerjobs post was about how to make sure you have all the info you need to start applying for summer jobs – catch up here.

If you’re looking for work this summer, you’re probably going to be asked to supply a few references.

A reference is someone who knows your personality, your strengths, and your weaknesses. It could be someone you worked for or worked with, your big brother/big sister mentor (or mentee), your math teacher, coach, teammates or a violin instructor...you get the idea. Basically, references are people who know YOU.

Keep your references as professional as possible, though: don’t use your next-door neighbor (unless you’ve helped them out before, maybe with babysitting or dog walking), your best friend’s mom, or your cousin’s friend’s roommate's brother’s girlfriend.

So, who should (and shouldn’t) you list as a reference?

Good References: • Teachers and tutors • Anyone who oversaw or worked with you in a volunteering program • Group members (from a school project, for example, but only if the outcome was great!) • Advisors or counselors • Former or current supervisors or coworkers

Not-So-Good References: • Family (parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc.) • Friends (BFFs included) • People you haven’t worked or interacted with before

Before you use someone as a reference, reach out to each one and ask if they're okay with you listing them. Once you have their permission, get their contact info (phone number and email) and make sure they are okay with being contacted. This is a great way to give them a heads up and time to think about all the glowing things to say about you.

Jobcasers who have “been there, done that” have a lot of good advice and expertise to offer about references. Check out what they’re saying: • Tim • Emily • Julie

As always, chime into the discussion! Jobcasers make the case for Jobcase.

Keep a look out for more #teensummerjobs updates throughout the month.

I’ve been wondering how to handle prospective jobs calling my past employers for references. My last “real” job (not 1099) was for a man that has gone off the deep end and is dealing with legal, mental, physical health and addiction issues and may be living in his car or in rehab on any given day. The skills I gained at that job are noteworthy though. The job I had previously to that was for a company my now EXhusband ran, and he’s disappeared, first to India, and now off the face of the earth. I’m certain he would be venomous and underhanded in every regard if asked about my role working for him, if he could even be reached. Then before that (2006-2008) I sold cars but the dealership has been sold and relocated, all staff that I knew have gone elsewhere. So going back over ten years in employment would finally provide a local manager that is still at his post who would give me a good recommendation. If he wasn’t on vacation or out to lunch or at the doctors, having left work early. Before that, I was self employed as a massage therapist for 10 years. I’m happy to give MYSELF a glowing review! Haha! But seriously, I’m finding that it’s not just employers but also leasing agencies that need to verify previous income and employment histories now that I’m looking for a new place to rent. How do I overcome sketchy bosses when I did good work and learned real skills that I need to have on my resume? Any ideas?

Many job listings require you listing the last two jobs you have had. No problem. Problem is then they want the supervior's names in both jobs. One of mine is dead and one is retired and I have lost contact. So I check they can't contact them. There is no place to explain. I have many references that know my work and where I worked but they don't give me a chance to say that or list their names. Any advice would be appreciated.