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Jun 2021
8:23am, 16 Jun 2021
24,562 posts
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Nicholls595
Presumably Aussies say it because back in the day, they would grab something and do a runner?
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Jun 2021
2:05pm, 18 Jun 2021
22,662 posts
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Dvorak
I'm trying to fill in a job application. I have the skills and would quite possibly be good at it (and it pays pretty well). I think that I've covered that bit ok. I'm having a bit with the next section which seems "write a section of sucky-up crawliness, that shows you've read something and can regurgitate it".
(And the referees: I can't provide a direct referee - it was a mass hiring and I've no idea who my line manager was, or even if there was a specific one.)
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Jun 2021
3:21pm, 18 Jun 2021
14,520 posts
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JK *chameleon*
[Can't you just give the company's HR dept?]
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Jun 2021
3:24pm, 18 Jun 2021
22,663 posts
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Dvorak
(I think that will have to be the solution, JK.)
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Jun 2021
10:02pm, 18 Jun 2021
7,689 posts
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Eynsham Red
That “Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo” advert!
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Jun 2021
1:14pm, 19 Jun 2021
4,821 posts
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um
Dvorak - the company I worked for had a fairly strict 'no references' policy. All it would allow was confirmation, typically from HR, that 'this person worked for us from mmm-yy to mmm-yy', which, I suspect, is fairly common.
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Jun 2021
1:18pm, 19 Jun 2021
53,098 posts
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Velociraptor
That's what NHS policy seems to be too, but when I do references for people for NHS and social care jobs I get sent huge questionnaires asking for all sorts of detail about personal qualities. Which is OK; the reason I'm asked is that I'm not bound by company policy and CAN write actual recommendations.
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Jun 2021
1:26pm, 19 Jun 2021
4,823 posts
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um
v'rap - the reason we weren't allowed was to prevent any risk of litigation.(It was a US corp). Either from the new employers if the person wasn't as wonderful as described, or from the employee if they felt they had had a job offer rejected because of the reference.
Although, it never stopped me giving personal references (clearly stated and not namimg the company or from a company email address) for people I had worked with - assuming I was going to give a good one. There were a few people I suggested that they 'find a more positive or suitable person' to give them a ref.
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Jun 2021
1:29pm, 19 Jun 2021
53,100 posts
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Velociraptor
Yes, I'm aware of the reason  It was most useful a few years ago when my practice was negotiating a settlement with a disgruntled employee and the employee wrote herself a flowery reference and requested that this be made part of the settlement. We were able to reply, "Nope, not allowed to, sorry."
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Jun 2021
3:39pm, 19 Jun 2021
1,563 posts
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-Monty-
Am I the only one completing fed up with seeing all these idiot football fans who think that watching a football match in huge crowds is more important than the threat of catching a potentially life threatening virus? Then travelling around the country to spread everything around again?
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