When I was 17 (I'm 23 now), I accepted an assistant manager position at the clothing store I was working at. I didn't get along with my manager and he didn't train me properly but I was transfered to a different location and that manager and I worked really well together. She's no longer with the company and I have no idea where she is to ask her for a reference so I have no other choice but to use my first manager as one. I left the retail industry to work in the hotel industry but now I want to go back to retail because I miss it and don't really like what I'm doing now. I'm a lot more mature now, have more experience in leadership roles and know that I will make a good addition to the managment team, which is the postion I plan on applying for. I'm worried that I may get a bad reference because we didn't get along and he didn't get a chance to see how much I was able to progress in that position with proper training. What should I do?
2006-10-05 19:27:24 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Most larger companies do not allow store management to give references. They are handled by the corporate office's human resources. Just list the info for corporate, you will be fine.
Good luck Hon!
2006-10-05 19:40:12 · answer #1 · answered by Gothic Martha™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over the years I've often run into people with whom I had been in a state of vicious warfare in the past and they always seem to fall on my neck as a long-lost buddy. Somehow it seems that if a few years pass people cast a glow on your memory, so I wouldn't worry too much. Get a friend to ring him for a ref and see what he says. If it's bad, then think further, but it probably won't be. In any case, employers usually only ring your last ref.
You could try to trace the other manager. She would have left a forwarding address when she left the company.
2006-10-05 19:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by TC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My aunt had a run in with her old boss and thought they were giving her bad references because she couldn't get hired anywhere. It is illegal for a place of employment to say bad things about you. If they do, you can sue them big time. They can only say if they would rehire again or not and can only verify employment. What we did was I pretended to be my aunts new employer and called her old company and asked for a reference. Amazingly, they said great things about her. She was impressed and more confident about looking for a job. Try that. Get someone to be a mock employer for you.
If they do say that they wouldn't rehire you, at least you know. Then you should probably use a co-worker from the location you were at as your reference. A good reference does not have to be a supervisor or manager, just someone that knows how you work.
2006-10-05 19:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by sweetsin1976 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to put her down as a reference.
Really you can ask anyone to do a fake reference. A lot of the time they only check one anyway if any at all.
Besides 6 years ago is a long time, nobody expects someone to still be in that job. You can't reach the bad manager just like you can't reach the good manager..end of story.
2006-10-05 19:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by BlueChimera 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you just not put that manager's name, or just say that the person you worked for has left the company if they ask for your supervisor. If they want you and there is something there, they might just ask you about it. A lot has to do with the way you present yourself, and how you can "sell yourself", that is the key. Unless you have just terrible ways about you, and also bad references, then that is that, but if you come across as a leader and self-assured, etc., that is half of it right there. Good luck.
2006-10-05 19:48:52 · answer #5 · answered by shardf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it would be worth placing a phone call to the manager you didn't get along with. Time always heals old wounds. Be nice, and ask him if you can count on him for a good reference because you really need the job. Perhaps it would be worth acknowledging the past. You were only 17 and there's no reason that you should be penalized 6 years later.
2006-10-05 19:33:54 · answer #6 · answered by divad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 21:59:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want this done right .You are gonna have to kiss some butt. I had a similar problem an I gave this person a Mariachi serenata I´m not kidding it work she even cried. Everything was forgotten. She looked at me like if I deserved an "A" and that is just what I got.
2006-10-05 20:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by Loser Millionaire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in HR. That mgr. will probably not give a bad reference because most big companies worry they might get sued for defemation if gave bad references. good luck
2006-10-05 19:34:55 · answer #9 · answered by cutiepieaww 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just use the company name and the name of you last mrg leavin the # for the home office call them first and ask if you would get a good referall
2006-10-05 19:31:33 · answer #10 · answered by k dog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋