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Subject:Re: references was Re: STC certification program From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:49:04 -0700
I am seldom the first one out the door when things start to go badly at
employers, so my habit has been to approach managers, both my own and others
I have worked well with, for their agreement to be references when they are
leaving ahead of me. Company rules often prevent managers still at a
company you leave from providing references, but once those folks decide to
wave adios, they're free agents.
Don't wait until you actually need a network of contacts and references to
start working on creating one. And remember to drop notes now and then to
say hi and keep up to date.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Laura Lemay <lemay -at- lauralemay -dot- com> wrote:
>
> On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:27 AM, Milan DavidoviÄ wrote:
> > This is what linkedin is for. When you leave a job (or even before),
> make sure you are connected to your managers and the best people you worked
> with, and solicit recommendations for your work. Lots of hiring managers
> are going straight to linkedin for information on candidates these days, and
> good recommendations can shortcut the reference process. I've also gotten
> jobs on linkedin from friends at jobs I worked at more than ten years ago
> because we were connected on linkedin.
>
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