Hi
job i want to apply for - requires a reference from my current/most recent employer. I have been working for the same firm for 4 years now, and can't tell them i am looking for work.
having had three mat leaves in that 4 years - no way! they've had a recruitment ban for the last thre years - so i don't feel secure enough in my job to chance it.
the jobs before that - one was with a supermarket - and they give a standard off-the-computer reference for everyone (e.g periods of work, how much absence, any disciplinary record)
and before then - is back in 2001!
so what would you do? i have a former teacher who can give me a reference, and friends from previous jobs (but back in ...2002 soonest i think)
thoughts ladies?