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You Need to Get References Now

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

It’s really important that you get your list of references (professional, academic, and personal) together before you start your career or internship search.

Why?

Because sometimes just the process of asking people you know for references can take longer than you’ve bargained for.

Plus, it will make you look like you have your act together when a prospective employer springs the news on you that they need your list of references as soon as possible and you can proudly whip-out your list right then and there! Just think how together will you feel then!

And, if that’s not reason enough for you to start pulling your list together, maybe this will get your attention …

At some point in the interview process you will be asked for your references on an official job application. And guess what – they’ll want information you probably won’t know off the top of your head like your references’ titles, phone numbers, addresses, etc.

And what you don’t want is to find yourself having to ask a prospective employer if you can get them your completed application later because – gulp – you’re not prepared!

So, take my advice, and get started building your list of references today!

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Meet the Girl

You’re probably wondering – who in the world is this Résumé Girl? So let me introduce myself …

My name is Lauren Hasson and I help college students and recent graduates all over the nation land their dream job or internship!

And I not only absolutely love what I do, but also really enjoy dishing-out advice on all things career and internship search-related!

I’m a self-described read-a-holic (I read all the college career advice books so that you don’t have to!) and I’m an avid writer. In the rest of my spare time, I collect and watch “who-done-it” movies and follow Duke basketball – Go Blue Devils!

So why Duke basketball? Well, I also happen to have graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Duke with a triple major in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and Economics.

After I graduated, I became an investment banker with Morgan Stanley and literally didn’t sleep for an entire year! Eventually the nights spent napping in my small cubicle got old so I packed-up my bags and moved back to Texas (I grew-up in Austin) to become the Lead Researcher at one of the world’s largest hedge funds.

But no matter how hard I tried to like my job – I just couldn’t. So in 2006 I said sayonara to my day job and signed-on to help college students and recent graduates pursue their dreams full-time.

And I couldn’t be happier!