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Stewart Wrighter
You might be working at a particular place for some time; such as, a printing press, handling prepress equipment and CTP. Even though you would have enjoyed your work experience, after spending some years' time, you might become tired of your job. This is when you decide to move to a new employment. When you are changing your job, you need to build up a strong resume. Most people, when upgrading their resume for a new job, do not pay much attention to references. However, they make up an important part of your job profile. Not all jobs will need references; especially if you are considering reference letters. Because they can be written by anyone, they are not an authentic proof of your past credibility or performance. Instead, many potential employers will be looking for a live and self talking witness who can acknowledge your work experience. Never include the names or contact numbers on the resume itself. On the job profile only a sentence saying "references available upon request" will be enough. If the employers require them, they will request you for them. You should not provide them on your own. If they do, you should write the names and contact numbers on a separate sheet of paper. Four to five references will be sufficient. When you are choosing the references, you need to select the people wisely. Mostly potential employers will be looking for professional references rather than personal ones. You can include references of your co-workers. However, more impressive ones would be of the people who have played a supervisory role in your career. Moreover, you should not choose a particular reference just because the designation looks impressive, or just because the person is your friend. You need to find people who have been associated with your work, have supervised you, and know your capabilities, strengths and weaknesses well. Before including peoples' names and numbers, make sure you take their consent. Ask them if they are fine with you including their names in the references. Many a times, people would overlook this and end up being embarrassed later. You should also know the person well. You are adding his/her reference in your job profile, now you must also know him/her personally. Being friendly with this person will mean that you are adding a positive reference to your resume. It might be an embarrassing situation to have your new to-be employer call one of the references, and become frustrated because the person was not available. To avoid such an awkward situation, make sure you give updated information. You must give current email addresses and numbers presently in use. Networking is an important task. After you have made the references available, do not give up on networking. You never know when you might need references again. Make sure you stay in touch, to give and have the latest updates. Changing your job might prove to be helpful if you are looking for a change. Your work experience and credibility might also be appreciating. Make sure you find the right people to prove this acknowledgement to your new boss to-be.
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