Hello bloggers,
I am currently applying for a few jobs (scary I know) and although I have provided a list of referrees, the company I am applying for has requested to speak to my most recent facility supervisor. I got along quite well with my supervisor and got a good report from her, but it just seems really weird and more than a bit awkward to ask someone who I have known for 4 weeks to act as a referree. Has anyone else had a similar situation? I really want the job, so will jump through hoops to get it, but all the same I don't want to put my supervisor out in any way as she is really busy, and I'm no longer on that placement so she has new students to deal with. Are we supposed to be looking at all our supervisors as future referrees? They have so many students come through that I'm sure they don't want to have to remember all of us and be called up out of the blue. So what do you guys think? Will be interested in any advice!
Cheers
Ez
1 comment:
Hey!
I think alot of students do ask their supervisors to be referees, specially if they've done well on the prac, and also if its relevant to the area ur applying for. Supervisors are used to being asked to be referees, so i definitely dont think they'll be caught off guard. Especially if u;ve only jsut finished the prac, its more than likely the superviser will remember you, rather than calling up a supervisor u had in semester 1 (which a lot of us tend to do, because we havent got our resumes organised). I recently had a chat to one of my supervisors about this, and she told me, when they write up our assessment, they keep a copy for themselves, incase their asked to be a referee. So yeah, i definitely think u should ask your supervisor, because it is common practice.
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