推荐人助你找到下一份工作的9个方法

You’re going for a new job, so you’ve dusted off your resume, written a great cover letter, and pulled out your list of references. But before you send your prospective new employer to your go-to list of cheerleaders, ask yourself one question: Am I sure my references are helping me?

你要去找一份新的工作，所以你将搁置一旁的简历备好待用，写好一封求职信，并且把推荐人也罗列出来。但是，在将这些文件发给你的新雇主之前，请问一下自己，这些推荐人真的能帮到我吗？

“I can’t tell you the number of times over 43 years I’ve been doing that, that I’ve had someone’s references screw the candidate’s chances to get the job,” says Anthony W. Beshara, PhD, president of Babich & Associates, a Dallas recruitment and placement firm.

Babich是达拉斯一家负责安置和招聘的公司，这个公司的总裁Anthony W. Beshara博士说：“我不会告诉你43年来我一直在做一件事，就是与某些应聘者的推荐人接触后，大大降低了他被录用的可能性。”

Get your references interview-ready with these nine tips.

借着下面这9个提示，看看你给出的推荐人是不是已经可以应对面试了呢？

Typically, you may be asked for two or three references, but you should have a much deeper pool than that, Beshara says. Pick and choose your references depending on the type of job you’re going for, he says. Some references will be able to discuss your effectiveness in certain roles, while others may be able to discuss your leadership or team-building skills. Choose the right people to talk about the skills you need to highlight to get the job at hand, he says.