{"id":483,"date":"2025-02-14T09:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/?page_id=483"},"modified":"2025-02-14T09:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:11:05","slug":"references","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/job-search\/prepare-for-an-interview\/references\/","title":{"rendered":"References"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        References\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Employers may ask for references when you are called for an interview. Bring a document listing your references with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure your references are comfortable and prepared to provide you a strong recommendation before submitting their information to a potential employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2-3 references; work related or academic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose someone who will provide you with a shining reference; a mediocre reference can cost you the job<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Include: Name, Job Title, Company name and address, telephone number and email<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions an employer may ask your references:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do they work under pressure? ? Is there any additional information you would like to share?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do you know the candidate and how long have you known them?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do they take constructive criticism?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describe their strengths and weaknesses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is the candidate a good match for the job?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you were in a position to hire the candidate again, would you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Employers may ask for references when you are called for an interview. Bring a document listing your references with you. Ensure your references are comfortable and prepared to provide you a strong recommendation before submitting their information to a potential employer. Questions an employer may ask your references:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":178,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-483","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/483\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/career\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}