I’ve applied for jobs a few times and this has always been a problem. Now that I’ve been out of college for a while it’s even more of a problem. I don’t have anyone from college that would even remember me. I can’t use my current coworkers because I don’t want my current employer to know I’m leaving until I have a new job lined up. I don’t keep in touch with old coworkers. I don’t do anything outside of work as far as volunteering or anything. I know I’m not supposed to use friends or family. Who is even left after that? The only people I have the contact info for are friends, family, and my current boss.

  • zauri27
    2•2 years ago

    You can use professors since you went to college. If you ever worked for family or volunteered, those could work as well.

    As other mentioned, honestly, you can even do friends if they can vouch as project partners or other maybe unpaid work.

    Then you can just go the made up route, but just make sure to have a believable story that you can remember, lol. They don’t really need to know that they are your friends, TBH…