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POLL: Should you include references on your CV?

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  • #32
    pow wow
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    I always put 'available on request' after an agency in I registered with in London rang my current employer saying they knew they would have an opening soon and would they like to avail of their services. Recently though I interviewed for a job in Dublin and they asked for my references during interview as I was the only applicant who hadn't put them on my CV. I still don't put them on though, my employer doesn't need to know I'm looking until I've found something.


  • #33
    JoePie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭JoePie


    Eoin wrote: »
    That doesn't really make sense though, as that order of events is the wrong way around. There are a lot of IT CVs, but there are a ton of other factors that will filter them down before you even get near the references.

    I think your friend is using a very short-sighted way of narrowing down the candidates.
    the world wonders wrote: »
    Your friend is lazy and incompetent.

    I never said he was right or good at his job. But he's the only one I know in a position to screen candidates, so I'd like to think I could put some weight behind his words. Each to their own anyway.


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