Job applications: how to get positive references?
You should only be asking for references from people you know well and that you know will support you. If you do not have a lot of experience and haven’t interacted a lot with people outside your company on a professional and personal level, this can be somewhat difficult. If you worked somewhere else and left on good terms, that’s always a place to start. If you have done any work in professional organizations/trade groups, those people are also good to tap. I’m having trouble answering this one because I’m having trouble understanding the situation you are in where you don’t know if someone you’d like to reach out to for a reference would back you up or not. No offense, but if you don’t have that, then you need to network more.
