*Urgent* References

taibhse

Hi, just wondering if anyone can help?

I have an interview tomorrow and on my cv I just have references available on request. Now I do have a good written reference from my last boss, but I'm at a loss for a second one. Managers from previous jobs have all left those positions as far as I'm aware.

Is it acceptable to have two references from different people in the same company? i.e a manager and a co-worker?

Any help greatly appreciated

Nody

No, it is not acceptable to have two references from same work and definitly not from a co worker.

What you have to keep in mind though is that they want to contact someone and not read a written reference (which can easily be faked). Hence you contact the company and ask for a number in HR for them to confirm you worked there. If you get asked for the references you give them the number to HR and explain that your old manager has left.

seamus

I don't think there's anything wrong with giving the name of an old manager, even if they've moved onto a different company.

Ellechim

You need to have two separate people who were more senior than you in the organisation. You can generally find people even if they've left - use LinkedIn (I have all my old bosses as my Linkedin friends!) What will most likely happen is the HR person will phone the old boss. They may write to previous employers to confirm you worked there - but the previous employers can't say much more than you worked there for certain dates and your reason for leaving (ie resigned, or redundancy).

Good luck with the interview!
Well done on getting that far and make sure you do tons of preparation for it.

Eoin

You should only be giving reference details after a job offer is made anyway.

delly

Well i've worked in practically the same company from day one, so when it comes to giving references i'll have no choice but to give two different people from the same company.

IronMan

Just give the phone number of one of your mates, call him the Director of Creative Consulting. Your glowing second reference.

Eoin

delly wrote: »

Well i've worked in practically the same company from day one, so when it comes to giving references i'll have no choice but to give two different people from the same company.

Same for a lot of people. I was in my last company for just over 6 years, so a reference from my last company wasn't all that relevant. Well, it sort of was, because I had the same boss in the two companies, but that was another problem I had to deal with!

IronMan wrote:

Just give the phone number of one of your mates, call him the Director of Creative Consulting. Your glowing second reference.

Or just your "team lead" maybe.