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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 373099" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I agree with telling future employers that there is a problem. I would also get legal advice. Check around, there may be a government service (especially given current unemployment levels) helping people get reemployed after losing a job. These people would help deal with this sort of problem.</p><p></p><p>I have served on a number of staffing committees, dealing with hiring new staff. There are strict rules about who you can ask to be a referee (in the stage education system) and I remember one applicant whose primary referee bad-mouthed him extremely. We were taken aback (we telephone the referee and put the phone on speaker, so we can all hear and be heard). As we listened, our jaws dropped. </p><p>But w looked at the reference, also read between the lines and figured that BECAUSE of the bad reference, we would give the guy an interview. He had been given a raw deal by his referee and we didn't want that to penalise him. In the end we decided not to give him the job because we felt there may have been some truth in the bad reference; but mostly we felt he just wasn't up to the standard of the successful applicant. But WE made up our minds, we didn't let the bad reference put us off.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 373099, member: 1991"] I agree with telling future employers that there is a problem. I would also get legal advice. Check around, there may be a government service (especially given current unemployment levels) helping people get reemployed after losing a job. These people would help deal with this sort of problem. I have served on a number of staffing committees, dealing with hiring new staff. There are strict rules about who you can ask to be a referee (in the stage education system) and I remember one applicant whose primary referee bad-mouthed him extremely. We were taken aback (we telephone the referee and put the phone on speaker, so we can all hear and be heard). As we listened, our jaws dropped. But w looked at the reference, also read between the lines and figured that BECAUSE of the bad reference, we would give the guy an interview. He had been given a raw deal by his referee and we didn't want that to penalise him. In the end we decided not to give him the job because we felt there may have been some truth in the bad reference; but mostly we felt he just wasn't up to the standard of the successful applicant. But WE made up our minds, we didn't let the bad reference put us off. Marg [/QUOTE]
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