| There was a time when business and personal | | | | Don't get me wrong. Business references are still |
| references were routinely found on resumes. Right | | | | needed; just not on the resume. The typical way to |
| there at the bottom of the page, just below marital | | | | handle resume references is to prepare a separate |
| status and a shopping list of hobbies and interests. | | | | reference page. It's not uncommon for prospective |
| Yes, and there was also a time when Nehru jackets | | | | employers to request 3 business references (and |
| were in style, pensions were a given, and business | | | | sometimes 3 personal references), but only after |
| meetings concluded with a soak in the company hot | | | | they have an interest in taking the interview process |
| tub. But the 60's are long over. | | | | to the next level. This is the page to have ready, and |
| If your resume contains references, you need to set | | | | to present in response to that request. |
| fire to that resume and start over. If you're reading | | | | What About Using "References Available Upon |
| from a "how to write a resume" book and it is | | | | Request" On The Resume? |
| advising the need for references on the page, you | | | | Do it, but only as the last line on the resume, and |
| need to check the copyright of that book and then | | | | only if there is room. In other words, it's optional and |
| pitch it on the fire you just started. | | | | it's expendable. It's well understood that a candidate - |
| Resume References: How To Doom Your Chances | | | | any candidate who has made it far enough to get a |
| For An Interview | | | | resume into the hands of a hiring official - will be able |
| If you're looking for the quickest way to relegate | | | | to scrape up some references should the need arise. |
| your resume to the circular file, include references on | | | | So an announcement of such is unnecessary. Still, |
| it. If a resume is a reflection of the person (and it is), | | | | from both a practical and a design point of view, it |
| you will immediately come across as dated and out | | | | provides a nice closure to the resume. It lets the |
| of touch. Plus, those references have just hogged | | | | reader know that he or she has reached "the end." |
| valuable space that could have been better spent | | | | But if you're pressed for space, it should be the first |
| promoting your value to the prospective company. | | | | line that gets the boot. |
| References Are Still Needed | | | | |