Job Interview References Question

Don,

After over 25 years with my company as an Admin Assistant, my job was
eliminated. Their policy is not to provide any information about a
former employee – just how long they were there and their title. If
supervisors and co-workers I worked with are prohibited from providing
references, how do I handle this?

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Millie,

I would find other references, or just list those people anyway and
probably the latter. Let your interviewer figure out that they are not
permitted to communicate. It’s still a reference, and who knows, maybe
those people will accidentally slip-up and start babbling about all the
great things you did there. But under no circumstances should you tell
your interviewer that these people are not allowed to provide any
information.

Don

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