If an application form requests a personal reference as well as professional whom does it mean?

[Beauregard]

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[ChristmasShinySnowflakes]

Character reference maybe?

[flowerybeanbag]

Yes it means a character reference, friend of the family/professional person or whatever.

I've never understood the point of it myself, as if anyone's going to pick anyone who'll say anything negative. I'd rather have 2 professional references any day.

Sorry, whinge over!

[pinkspottywellies]

Yes character reference - as an example I would use my previous boss who I'm friends with or my manager for the project I volunteered at. You could ask your children's teacher or a friend who's a solicitor/police officer.

[Onlyaphase]

It means you need to put down someone who has worked/managed you in the present/past and you also need to list someone who can vouch for you in a personal capacity. I've done a few of these personal references as I was a solicitor, and it is really just a matter of getting someone "respectable" to say they know you (and have done for x years) and you don't shoplift/smell/fall behind on rent etc depending on what the reference is for

[Beauregard]

Thanks

It is requesting 2 professional and 1 personal for some reason,but then again it is also asking for next of kin and the health questionaire is really something.

Have i ever been a patient in a hospital?
Er haven't most people?

Have i been immunised against Measels,polio etc and when?