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Cant decide on references
As strange as it sounds, all of my previous supervisors are MIA and I am having the hardest time tracking them down.
1. One is a faculty on research who mentored me for 5+ years and no one knows where he is.
2. Another faculty on research retired.
3. Cant use current boss
4. Previous supervisor moved to London and is also kind of MIA just taking a break from life.
Even if I did put them, they answer email like every 2-3 months that it would not be in my best interest. I have co-workers and other team members that I can put, is that good enough?
Re: Cant decide on references
I don't have any suggestions. I just wanted to say I'm having a similar problem! My previous supervisor is no longer with the company, lives in a different town, and from what I hear it's a whole new crew of new employees who are with the company now. I'm interested to see what advice others have for this.
I'm keeping an eye on this thread also because I was in the same situation when I was trying to come up with whom I'd use as a reference. Most of my former bosses have moved on to different countries or even changed careers all together and I've lost contact with them and honestly I feel like I should have kept in touch with them so I wouldn't lose connection with totally. I think it's weird to try to get back in touch after so many years and then right away ask them to be a reference.
It is my goal to keep in touch with my boss (I guess former as of 2 months ago) and people I am using as reference this time around (say once a year if not more) so I'm not in the same situation a few years down the road if/when I need their reference.
I know that if I were to apply to a job soon, I would be in a similar situation.
I always considered professional references to be people who worked closely with you. I always believed that would be a supervisor, but in my current job, my coworkers on my level are the ones I work closely with and due to the structure of my job, there are others I work with more than others who would be able to speak on my quality of work.
Are you able to list professional and personal references? I keep professors from college, old bosses that I worked with in a retail job, and friends from college as personal references who are able to speak of my dedication, hard work, volunteer and job history, etc.