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Subject:Re: References From:Karla McMaster <mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 15 Jun 1994 08:35:06 EST
The references I automatically supply with my resume have always been checked.
I think, that, as someone said, even if managers are prevented by policy from
giving out too much information, if they liked you, they'll manage to squeeze
in something...Even a tone of voice can tell a lot.
I was surprised to read Kristie Guiney's note about people asking for "peer"
references, because that's what I was going to suggest to Doug...Sometimes
peers know more about what you're doing than managers, unfortunately.
Karla McMaster, technical writer
CTI-PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
mcmaster -at- cti-pet -dot- com
