{"id":447377,"date":"2022-05-15T15:22:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T12:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-prospective-employers-ask-for-references-from-my-job\/"},"modified":"2022-05-15T15:22:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T12:22:44","slug":"can-prospective-employers-ask-for-references-from-my-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-prospective-employers-ask-for-references-from-my-job\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can prospective employers ask for references from my job?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373b3aba0b0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373b3aba0b0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-prospective-employers-ask-for-references-from-my-job\/#%E2%80%9CCan_prospective_employers_ask_for_references_from_my_job%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Can prospective employers ask for references from my job?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCan_prospective_employers_ask_for_references_from_my_job%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Can prospective employers ask for references from my job?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Interview.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m currently employed, but have an interview for a new job. Beforehand, I have to fill out an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication. They want to contact my employers including my current one. What should I tell them? I\u2019m not looking to burn any bridges if I don\u2019t accept the position. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No prospective employer should contact your current employer during the interview process, so you should answer, \u201cNo, you may not contact my current employer,\u201d and everyone will understand. As for previous employers, you will have to provide references at some point if they want to hire you and they will need to confirm your employment history for a background check, so the answer should be yes \u2014 say that you will be happy to provide those references at the appropriate time. The key during the interviewing process is to not raise any red flags or give a prospective employer any reason to hesitate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I hope you realize how foolish you are, criticizing the legalization of weed and the constraints on employers from taking any adverse action because of an employee\u2019s legal use of cannabis. How is this any different from hiring alcoholics? There are far more alcoholics than pot heads. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I should just print all of the \u201cfan mail\u201d I received regarding my views on this topic. Then the world would see who sounds foolish. Could it be that the profanity and juvenile name-calling is a result of too much bong on the brain? How else to explain the vulgar hostility and the ridiculous argument about the number of alcoholics versus \u201cpot heads\u201d? No one equated smoking weed with a disease such as alcoholism. Most people simply want to walk through Central Park without suffering the effects and stench of secondhand marijuana smoke when we could be smelling dirty water hot dogs and stale pretzels instead. Smoking weed is legal in New York, but not federally and not on the job. But the law makes it all but impossible to discipline someone for impairment at work because you can\u2019t ask or test for it, so good luck trying to hold them accountable. If you were trying to run a business, you would understand.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive. Hear Greg Weds. at 9:35 a.m. on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/710wor.iheart.com\/featured\/len-berman-and-michael-riedel-in-the-morning\/\">iHeartRadio 710 WOR with Len Berman and Michael Riedel<\/a>. E-mail: GoToGreg@NYPost.com. 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