Posted on: 14-02-07 07:00:10
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Originally posted by alexm
I have never understood the logic of getting a reference from the manager. Now, your boss knows that you are looking out. What IF the company decides not to offer you a job? You are now in a very difficult position.
The only time you should give someone who is up your chain (either mgr. or mgr's mgr) is when you have been laid off or your contract is ending etc etc. i.e. essentially in situations when you had a good relationship with your manager and he's aware that you're looking for another job.
Otherwise, its never a good idea to give your manager's reference. The best thing to do in these cases is to give a managerial reference for the prevous place you worked at. Again, you must think about how you stood with the manager prior to giving a reference. No reference is better than a bad reference.
When you are new in Canada, along with references for colleagues / managers, you can also give "personal" references of people you have aquaintance with here and who are settled in good jobs (the higher the designation, the better). It is therefore important to start networking as soon as you arrive, whether it be in your field or other fields. This is a good idea regardless, it can make your job search easier in many ways.
As GG mentioned, any time you're giving a reference, do let the person giving the reference know. Let him/her know what kind of a job you've applied to, who might call and the context of your responsibilities you put on your resume. Always a good idea to send them an email with this information. Once they've given a references, do drop them a thank you note too.
Lastly, no companies that I know of start calling references prior to going through the interview process. Calling references is usually the last step. With this in mind, references generally don't get too many calls. Your reference is certainly not going to get a call from every place you apply to.
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Originally posted by Fido
A recruiter once informed me that out of 2 references required , ggenerally one should be a manager .
Yes, this is true. I too had a tough time once, since I could not get hold of the manager , I had to give the name of my co-worker. This irritated them a lot and they were reluctant to proceed further.
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Originally posted by newtocanadas
Can they accept written references?
Are there any agencies who verify all the references once and then we can give the name of agency to contact for reference.
If your manager is in india, you can give his email address.
There are agencies who are contacted by some companies to do background check. Like Telus uses www . backcheck . ca to do background check.
