Is resume with many references attractive to employers or HR supervisors?

Question

Is resume with many references attractive to employers or HR supervisors? Do they care references very much when they see the resume for the first time?

Do employers or HR supervisors think the references are useless, because they do not know the persons who added references?

What do you think of this site
http://www.solidresumes.com? Can I get job faster by using this website in your opinion?

Answer 1

The resume itself should not contain references just employment history and skills, education and community service.

Center a note at the bottom of your resume saying References Available Upon Request. Have your references typed out on a 2nd sheet. If you are told they are interested and will contact your references you can give them a copy . More than likely though you will have to complete a release form with all the info to allow them to contact your references. It makes it easier if this info is organized ahead of time.

update: I checked out your website. It makes me uncomfortable to give so much info up front. Also having employers add there comments directly? ugh. This may be a cultural difference but this web site is out of sync with current preferred practice. For most companies the hiring process has very clear stages. Also submit your resume yourself by checking the employers website under careers and application process.

I unfortunately sit between 3 managers but do not have any staff myself ( I am an Island) I hear what impresses them personality (probability that you will +ly add to team culture,experience fitting in with departmental needs. Some HR person decides if your background check passes only if the manager is interested in you. References upfront not that important (save for later, upfront is overkill)

see below from website: I am not this bright
I am a professional resume writer. Should I list my client's references right on the resume?" -- Mary Ellen McC.
Mary Ellen,
Usually, NO. References go on a separate sheet of paper and are generally provided only AFTER the employer requests them. In rare situations, it might be useful to list the references at the end of the resume or on an attached sheet. For example, if the job hunter has an extremely "iffy" resume and you want to let the employer know up-front that he nonetheless CAN provide SOME references. The risk in doing that is that the employer may call the references BEFORE setting up an interview, and that is NOT the preferred sequence of events.
About references:
REMEMBER!!! Be SURE to tell your client to...
a) Get permission from people to use them as a reference, making sure they're willing to say something good.
b) Send them a copy of your resume so they have it in hand BEFORE somebody calls them for a reference. See my Verbal References Guide in Ready-To-Go-Resumes, page 97.

Answer 2

Your resume often does no longer have the names of previous supervisors. maximum folk in simple terms say 'references available upon request'. the folk on your checklist of references ought to all have been asked in the event that they could be indexed (do no longer anticipate they are going to say good issues!). once you leave an interview the place you shared the names of your references, call them and enable them to comprehend that they 'would desire to' be spoke of as quickly. Describe the situation, and supply them a heads up in case you think of you recognize what the supervisor would be asking approximately (teamwork or management or interest to element, etc.) bear in suggestions that MANY agencies won't enable workers act as references -- because of the fact there's a average worry that in case you probably did no longer get the job you utilized for 'because of the fact they gave you a foul reference'... you would be able to desire to sue. It has befell! So, to 'conceal' the call of a supervisor, grant his/her identify, and supply the telephone huge type for company workplace (out of state?) -- a reference verify call could be routed to HR, who won't say something different than your hire date, final day worked, and (perhaps) identify held. So, the huge type is professional, yet no longer efficient.

Answer 3

If I was one, I'd take THE guy with experience. So many references, if they are good, would be attractive to me! :D