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December 03, 2006

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kristen

Hey, that is really good advice about keeping track of previous employers from the last seven years or 3 jobs, whichever is shorter. As a regular reader of Brandstorming, I know Jim Durbin knows his stuff and he's a great guy too.
Thanks for the post!

Adam Potts

I'm looking for a job at the moment. And I'm having great trouble with filling in the 'References' part of the form#s#. I lost contact with all my old employees and I left one because I felt i was treated unfairly, which was stupid of me because they then put that they fired me. So I have good skills, i'm a hard worker but I find it very hard to get work...

CAROL

Hello,
Ive been doing admin work at a doctors office for the past yr, i left because i was not getting along with the young lady who worked next to me, and now i cant get a refference from this employer. the job before that was only as a temp. and they do not give refferences.
What should i tell them when i go on interviews in the refference section? and when they ask me face to face?
thanks

Commenter

Telling someone what they should have done in the past about references does not solve their current problems. In truth, they risk becoming 'unemployable' == unless they lie -- which is frowned upon; but they have to make a living; and bagging grocieries won't work if they are deemed, 'overqualified'.

I suggest that employers need to take a good look at their eveluation processes -- for it is the employee with the stellar reference and the impeccable credit who sprays the office with bullets when they are perturbed to the extreme degree.

Pamela

Commenter on March 26, 2009 is absolutely right! That doesn't help now! There also seems to be no help for recent housewives who need a PAID job now and the way things are going these days, is probably going to starve to death except for Food Stamps. This is what should go on the tombstone: Bachelor's Degreed, Advanced Computer Skills, Typing 94 words per minute, and Died from Lack of Recent Work References.
What a way to go.

Scherazade

For the teen and others entering the workforce... I would start with a volunteer job in a field of interest, practicing the skills you would like to use in your target job. Work consistently for them to let them know your work ethic and skills first hand. This can be done evenings and weekends while you keep another job (anything) to pay the bills. If you do well, you can get references from the organization and colleagues. It is not an immediate fix but it will be effective in starting to build or re-build your network and skill set.

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