Posted By: or 1 recruiter only who does that. on 2008-05-29
In Reply to: I just applied for a position and they wanted references from co-workers and supervisors (sm) - SM

Its ridiculous and NOBODY else out there in our MT world does that.  Who knows their coworkers, right?  At MQ, we are all isolated.  Even in the outside world, I have never had to give a coworker reference, always just supervisor.  And that can even be a ridiculous question at MQ - supervisor referral.  And what if you are leaving, but don't yet want MQ to know? That sort of burns that bridge for you. I've only run into 1 recruiter who insisted on this, and for different companies, so I think its just him.  Of course, if you are leaving and don't care, then the supervisor request would be fine, but good luck for anyone reaching a supervisor, too! Win-win situation for us!

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