“References upon request” - this is a phrase you find in most resumes posted for North America. But how truly can someone get an opinion about yourself and your past expertise based on what someone else says about it?

Job Hunters

It may happen (and I would say it happens) that job hunters be more interested in getting the names, positions, phone numbers and email addresses of people hiring other people from different companies, than taking care of one of the thousands poor guys looking for jobs. We know about 80% of available jobs are not published anywhere and part of them may be made available to these job hunters exactly through our references. Continue reading »