Massive company disloyalty - job searching while still employed

Gabriel_Pitt

So a recent turn of events not only cost me all faith I have in my boss, but drained away any sense of loyalty I have to my job and coworkers, so I'm on the hunt for new work while I still have the comfort of on-going employment. When submitting my resume, how do I politely request that prospective employers do not contact my current one? (hey, if they're not going to tell me they started interviewing people to replace me, I'm not giving them advance notice that I'm looking for greener pastures).

tapeslinger

You can include "please don't contact my current employer" - - it's not an unexpected request in this day and age.

zepherin

Also a contact me before contacting my former employer is pretty common

Dhalphir

you can do this two ways

one is to not include any references on your CV at all and write "References available on request". This is more common than you might think and won't lose you points.

the other is to include only references from jobs that have no relation to your current employer, and write "References from current employer available on request".
I've never actually seen this done, but it seems like it can't really hurt you either.

Either way, if you don't want them to contact your previous employer, just don't provide contact details. They aren't likely to google them and phone the main reception number.

zepherin

References available on request is an old artifact, it takes up space you can use for other stuff. Leave it off. The hiring authority knows they can get references if they request. Either have references or don't. I don't put them on my résumé.

bowen

Generally if you're a fresh babby without much experience, you pop in "References available on request." to take up another line and make your resume look larger.

EggyToast

I have never included references on my resume. They should not be contacted until you are about to be hired, anyway, so it's safer to leave them until after a successful interview.

mts

References shouldn't be on your resume. they are part of your packet but not on the resume itself.