LOR question

[AJB37]

As the title states I have a question about LOR's. My recruiter wants me to have a lor from all my previous employers with in the last 3 years. My manager from my last job has since moved on to an other job, so my question is should I try to track him down, or should I just have one of the current managers or owner from my previous job give me the lor? Would it matter that my former manager isn't at my previous place of employment and is not technically my previous employer? Simply should I track down the manager or send the request to the building?

 

[WVUBetaHornet]

As the title states I have a question about LOR's. My recruiter wants me to have a lor from all my previous employers with in the last 3 years.

There is no specification as to who you get to write your LORs...employers are not required. It is pivotal, though, that your 'endorsers' know you on a personal level...but again, it does not matter who they are from (within reason).

Would it matter that my former manager isn't at my previous place of employment and is not technically my previous employer?

No

Simply should I track down the manager or send the request to the building?

That's quite a lot of work for something that does not need to be done. Again, you do not need to have LORs from previous employers...it is up to you who you select to represent you well on paper, but if indeed a former employer can do that realistically so...then by all means, ask him to write you one.

Good luck

 

[fatathaland]

For situations like that (where i needed a completed form but no one knew me) I told them to disregard that the form says "request for reference" at the top and to treat it like an employment verification.

I asked them to just mark "not observed" or "unknown" in the areas they couldn't answer. This worked out fine, and to top it off you can get the form back in like 5 minutes.

Make sure to get lot's of other good references too. It's a sign of effort, you literally can't have too many. Try your hardest to get numerous references from service members O-5 and above, active duty or retired!!

 

[Spekkio]

As the title states I have a question about LOR's. My recruiter wants me to have a lor from all my previous employers with in the last 3 years. My manager from my last job has since moved on to an other job, so my question is should I try to track him down, or should I just have one of the current managers or owner from my previous job give me the lor? Would it matter that my former manager isn't at my previous place of employment and is not technically my previous employer? Simply should I track down the manager or send the request to the building?

You should ask your recruiter this question, as each one might want to do it differently. What mine told me is that you need 3 employers to fill out the reference sheet. If they choose to write something extra for you, great. Anything other than 3 employers counts as character references.