Originally Posted by Poom
Originally Posted by Clare
Hardly any Companies give a personal reference. Give the HR Dept at your last Company as a Referee, providing you dont have any disciplineries on your file with them, they will issue a standard 'good' reference on your behalf.
Ido withthem though, thats the problem

It was a small company and me and the owner really didnt get on

That doesn't matter. They are not allowed to give a bad reference. They can refuse to give one at all tho. YOu can also give details of previous employers to that, and depending on hold old you are, you can use your secondary school as a reference.