Should I List My References? NO, But I Would List the Social Categories of References


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Playing your reference card very early in the job hunt exercise is a mistake.  To use well-known names is “name dropping” and your own credibility hurdle just doubled in challenge; why does this person have to impress us with well-known names?  To use names no one ever heard of is a “so what?” card and the hurdle on judgment also just doubled.  So what should you do for references?

On the résumé, the generic “References Available” is a throw away.  You can show a little social sophistication by expanding references to look more like the following: