How do you handle references if you can't tell your current boss you're leaving? I'm moving out of state early next year, and we're already short-staffed. I have some old coworkers from years ago, but not sure if that's okay to use them. What do people usually put on applications?

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Former coworkers or managers can all be references. When I am employed and actively searching, I won’t put my current employer on either.

In the past I’ve used “references available upon request.” Most hiring managers understand sensitivity around a current employer and won’t contact those unless necessary. If so it’s at the last possible moment. If you are required to use references it’s ok to use some from previous employers. Again, on the hiring side it’s understood that folks don’t want their current employer to know they’re on the way out until it’s settled.

This is a really great idea. I typically list someone else but honestly, I like this idea better. Thank you for sharing this.

You still use references? I thought people stopped doing that in like 2005.

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