Monday, September 21, 2009

I Quit My Job. Can I Erase a Bad Job Reference?

The job market is turbulent. Employers and employees are stressed, and it's showing in their professional -- and unprofessional -- behaviors. Unfortunately, it's often the job seeker who suffers the most, ending up with a bad job reference when employer and employee part company. Can you erase bad job references from your record? That's what the following job seeker would like to do. Continue reading...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should understand the Las Vegas job market before you decide not list this employer. I can almost guess who the company is that you worked for. If it's the company which I believe you are referring to, they will only verify that you worked there, but if the potential employer knows the owner of the company, he may get a direct call. In which case, he is known to give a bad reference to former employers.

Anonymous said...

People have to stop to relay their lives on references. This is unethical.

- I never give reference to people, if asked my answer is: "aren't you able to create your own opinion?"

- If they want references, I show them my payslips, if they said is not enough I reply "Don't you believe me?" And I ask myself whether is worth working there.