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Old 11-11-2012, 01:47 PM
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Airline apps requests references for periods of unemployment that can vouch for you during this period of time. This moment for me, was 8 years ago and I was only with family during this time. Does it need to be somebody (other than family) who is aware of my exact actions during this time period, or just someone (other than family) that can assure the interviewer that I was probably not involved in criminal activity during this time.
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Old 11-11-2012, 04:56 PM
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Someone who can provide reasonable assurances that give the recruiter a warm fuzzy that you were not up to no good.

It doesn't matter if you were sitting on the couch playing video games or doing volunteer work building orphanages...the important thing is to have someone who can vouch for you, preferably not family (or slacker/gamer/stoner buddies).

A pastor, doctor, coordinator of volunteer work, school official, even a teacher is what you need.

This is not about what you were doing, it's about what you weren't doing...you want to make it very easy for them to put that question to rest. If you don't have a great reference, it may not be the end of the world, but you might get put into the stack of resumes which need extra research...recruiters are very busy, they'll probably never get around to that stack unless you have inside connections.
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