I'm in the final round for a state government job (holy shit!! insert excitement/panic attack here!). They asked for extensive references from the bulk of my job history. Problem is I've mostly worked for ultra small companies, companies that have been bought out, or for managers that I have just no way of contacting at all (up to and including, dead, deported and heavily into drugs).
I've had two kinds of asks for references; one where they just call old HR departments and confirm employment, and those that are more personal and consist largely of 'folks i've worked with, some were managers, some were peers'
I've done my best and provided them with the contacts that I do have, but is this kind of spotty references going to sink me for a government job? Like, I know that one manager is just not going to call or email them back; he's a nice enough guy but I couldn't get him to answer a text that required a one-word answer, let alone an email or pick up his phone when I worked there...it's just not going to happen. The bulk of my references are good and I've been communicating with them about this job, but are a couple no-answers (not negative feedback, likely) going to sink this?
I've never gotten this far in the public job space, so have no idea if I need to Panic, Panic Harder, or just sit tight and calm down.
For what its worth, the second interview went extremely well, and the manager of the department was very much talking to me like they were going to offer it to me, but this is a government job and it may as well be The Upsidedown to me; I don't know what I don't know here. |
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