Posted by ClearSkies on August 16, 2007, at 10:14:48
In reply to Lack of Job references?, posted by stargazer2 on August 10, 2007, at 11:32:57
Hi, Stargazer. I've left several jobs due to problems with depression and anxiety. When I stopped working over 2 years ago - basically I quit before I was asked to leave - I thought, "this is it. I won't ever be able to get a good reference because of poor performance and reviews."
(I have a working interview this afternoon. Wish me luck.) The opportunity is via a former co-worker, who, through her own hard work and perseverance, is now in a position to be able to recommend whom her employer should take on. I'm coming in to help out a short-handed office, and to see if I'm a good fit. If it works out, then I'll have a job - with no references not an issue. And even if this doesn't jell into the right job, I'm not as nervous about where the right opportunity is going to come from.
If you've got good personal references, use these. If you've done volunteer work and they love you there, use them as references. Not everyone is able to bring a glowing job reference from their previous employers. I'd say, at this point, that accentuating the positive references you can get from elsewhere might even be more valuable, and flesh you out as a prospect.
ClearSkies
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