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Search Career Advice. What recruiters really do with professional references You've gathered your references, but now you're wondering just how deep do those conversations go with the recruiter? We have the answer. Isabel Thottam, Monster contributor. This is what recruiters and your references talk about. Tags: interview. Related Articles. Browse articles by Find The Right Career Path. Professional Development. Workers with disabilities. Career advisors. Credential seeker.
Work from home. Print Email Babel. Tell us where to send a link to this page. To Receiver's email address, use comma to separate addresses. From Your email address. Your email has been sent. Thank you. When you apply for jobs, you will be asked for references. What types of references are important? Employment references include past employers, co-workers, subordinates, or clients. They can speak about your specific employment experience. You can also list people for whom you perform volunteer activities, babysitting, lawn mowing, and other odd jobs.
Professional references are people who know you on a professional basis. They may include contacts from business and sales, clubs, or professional or community organizations. Academic references are instructors and vocational counselors. They can speak about your academic activities. These are most appropriate for current students or recent graduates.
Personal references are people who know you personally and can describe your skills. Only use this type of reference if you do not have the other types. Use the names of people who can tell an employer you can be depended on to do a good job. How do you choose people? Select people who honestly know you and will speak objectively. Avoid using family members or close friends as references. Avoid references that may be controversial or may concern the employer.
This includes clergy, counselors, or social workers, less they are relevant to the job. Someone who is influential in the community or business may be an effective reference, if they can speak about you related to employment.
How can you prepare a reference for the employer's contact? Find out how the reference would prefer to be contacted. Get permission to give out his or her contact information: name and phone number or e-mail address.
Find out the best times to reach her or him. Also, consider asking your references to speak to certain skills , such as leadership, reliability, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork. Recent research from the Society for Human Resource Management SHRM found that employers care more about these particular soft skills than they do technical abilities like reading comprehension or mathematics.
Even though you think you were a great employee, your past manager may not feel the same way. Your references are doing you a big favor. Take a few minutes to write them a thank-you email or handwritten letter. The job search doesn't have to trip you up at every turn—but there are a whole lot of turns to contend with.
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