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No references! (In current job 25 plus years!)

DidleySquat · 2024-04-08 21:26:51

Hi - After 25 plus years I've had enough of working for my current employer and I'm seriously thinking of moving onto somewhere else which is scarey enough, but when writing up my CV again, I've got to the part where I have to enter references. My previous employer to my current one doesn't exist anymore and I don't really…

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Nebulous2 Posts: 5,803 Forumite

22 April 2024 at 7:08PM

My working career has been in care and one reference must be from your current line manager. They always require two.

Most application forms will have a tick box to say, please don't contact my referees, until a job offer has been made.

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