Finding References When You’re Searching on the Sly

If you’re like a lot of job hunters these days, you’re trying to find a new job before quitting your current position. This means you can’t provide your current boss or other managers at your company for a reference, or else they’ll know you’re looking around. What do you do?

The best solution is to provide names of supervisors you worked with at former employers, current colleagues, suppliers, vendors and other external business contacts who have worked with you or contacts from professional organizations who are familiar with your work, says Jeffrey Heath, president of the Landstone Group, a New York recruiting firm.

"The onus is on you to provide people who can talk about you and provide a window on your accomplishments and results," he says.

By Perri Capell

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