I'm interviewing and will have to provide references. I've been out of college for 7 years - 2 years at my previous firm and 5 years at my current job. I can use my boss at my last job as a reference, but no one at my current company because they don't know I'm interviewing and it would be very bad if they found out and I didn't get an offer.
Given my position at the organization, the only people I could use for a reference would be my boss (CEO) or the CFO and I know the CFO would tell my boss immediately, so that's out.
Since this job is where most of my professional experience comes from, I'm sure the employer will want a reference related to this job.
So ... how weird/inappropriate would it be to offer up my last couple of performance reviews in lieu of an actual reference?
Any comments on this?
Any comments on this? What about peer references? I'm curious to here other's thoughts.
Keep Looking! You need more references
Have you listened to the Sharing Your References cast?
http://www.manager-tools.com/2008/07/sharing-your-references
The MT recommendation in the cast is to have at least eight references. If you are under 25 then five: 3 professional and 2 personal. I do not recommend attempting to use a performance review as a substitute.
With whom do you communicate in your industry outside of your company? You may wish to also review the cast on networking.
http://www.manager-tools.com/2006/05/building-a-network