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Reference letters - common or not?


Joanna82

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Hi,

 

my reporting Manager has resigned and I am thinking about asking for a reference letter before he leaves the company as this is my first job in Australia. Is this common practice or do you usually only get a standard letter from HR confirming position, dates of employment etc. and for the rest use verbal references? And how would I go about using a reference that is no longer with the company (feels a bit weird listing a private email and phone number)?

 

Any advice is greatly appreciated, thank you in advance!

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Most companies over hear like to ring and get a direct reference so they talking to the company/manager you worked for. My wife had written references and no companies would accept them.....also they didnt like e-mail references

 

If your manager is nice you could ask for a contact number for them to ring direct for the next year or so.

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