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I guess I have to pay $20 to get my ex supervisor's ph# from LinkedIn...wow
Would you rather save $20 and lose out on the job? Only you can make this choice. or maybe do some googling and try to find the tel# of that manger. Try veromi.com or zabasearch.com one of those sites has the tel# for free. Try it.
Or get into a debate with HR and get the hiring manager between the 2 of you? This also risks that you lose out on the job, as the hiring manager would see red flags that you might be a high maintenance employee.
Is there no one you can call at your former place of work who kept in contact with him and would have have a contact number for him?
..so I guess I will have to pay $20 for LinkedIn to send a message to my ex boss for reference...Plus I am waiting for a response from the Administrator (who likes me) to see what she will say to my e-meal...Plus this HR wants a supervisory reference.....this is crazy....keep it going please, I appreciate it, give me more advise, going crazy!
Would you rather save $20 and lose out on the job? Only you can make this choice. or maybe do some googling and try to find the tel# of that manger. Try veromi.com or zabasearch.com one of those sites has the tel# for free. Try it.
Or get into a debate with HR and get the hiring manager between the 2 of you? This also risks that you lose out on the job, as the hiring manager would see red flags that you might be a high maintenance employee.
How can I be a high maintenance employe when I did everything I could to provide info?
No I tried....so I guess I will have to pay $20 for HR to check up on me on LinkedIn...Plus I am waiting for a response from the Administrator (who likes me) to see what she will say to my e-meal...Plus this HR wants a supervisory reference.....this is crazy....keep it going please, I appreciate it, give me more advise, going crazy!
Try the sites Sware2cod suggested first, if you can't find the info than pay the $20. She most likely will come up with another roadblock.
You did the right thing by contacting the administrator. If your supervisors hadn't left the companies you worked for, and the company policy was they can only verify employment and say whether or not you're eligible for rehire, what then?
Did she expect them to violate their company policy?
A lot of people in HR in order to justify their job make things more difficult than they need be. She should have told you when she first mentioned references that she needed two former supervisors to give a detailed reference.
She didn't do that.
The hospital may not be aware of what she is doing. Making these requests piecemeal instead of telling you upfront what you needed to provide is not very professional.
How can I be a high maintenance employe when I did everything I could to provide info?
You could have gotten the tel# of the prior supv, but wanted HR to do it via LinkedIN.
You went to the manager for something that you could have handled on your own. Shows you might be constantly asking the manager to intervene rather than figure out a way to handle on your own.
Managers don't want to be bugged if you can figure out a way to resolve. They want results, not someone escalating things to the manager.
Try the sites Sware2cod suggested first, if you can't find the info than pay the $20. She most likely will come up with another roadblock.
You did the right thing by contacting the administrator. If your supervisors hadn't left the companies you worked for, and the company policy was they can only verify employment and say whether or not you're eligible for rehire, what then?
Did she expect them to violate their company policy?
A lot of people in HR in order to justify their job make things more difficult than they need be. She should have told you when she first mentioned references that she needed two former supervisors to give a detailed reference.
She didn't do that.
The hospital may not be aware of what she is doing. Making these requests piecemeal instead of telling you upfront what you needed to provide is not very professional.
[quote=sware2cod;22010104]Would you rather save $20 and lose out on the job? Only you can make this choice. or maybe do some googling and try to find the tel# of that manger. Try veromi.com or zabasearch.com one of those sites has the tel# for free. Try it.
Or get into a debate with HR and get the hiring manager between the 2 of you? This also risks that you lose out on the job, as the hiring manager would see red flags that you might be a high maintenance employee.[/
You could have gotten the tel# of the prior supv, but wanted HR to do it via LinkedIN.
You went to the manager for something that you could have handled on your own. Shows you might be constantly asking the manager to intervene rather than figure out a way to handle on your own.
Managers don't want to be bugged if you can figure out a way to resolve. They want results, not someone escalating things to the manager.
I think your advice on most posts is spot on, but on this issue disagree.
As I posted earlier I was in a similar situation. The HR rep kept asking for more and more information, but it was on "onesie,twosie" basis.
He asked for references, then he wanted copies of my current jobs performance reviews, then salary history, etc.
When I told him we were on a salary freeze to avoid layoffs at my current job at the university I worked for he said "I find that hard to believe".
He then wanted a reference from my current boss, that was when I went over his head.
I had enough of the lack of professional behavior and left a calm voice mail explaining what was going on to the woman who would be my boss.
She called me back and apologized and said that is not the way they should treat job candidates and the job was mine if I wanted it.
The OP isn't doing anything wrong, there is nothing wrong with saying to her perspective boss in a calm email/v mail what is going on and just sticking with the facts.
Again, if this HR women needed more information then the four references provided she should have stated that when she started the hiring process.
I can almost guarantee there will be another "roadblock" that will pop up.
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