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I applied for a job a couple weeks ago. Today, they called and left a message to call them back. The company that I work for does business with this company so I asked my boss what he knew about the company and why (he knows that I am looking). It turns out that someone who used to work in management for my current company now works for that company. He now works at a different location for that company, but until recently was their plant manager. This person frequently interacted with me during my time at the company. My boss doesn't think that the former manager would give me a bad reference if asked. My memories of this person say otherwise. Still, this man was familiar with what I do at my current position and of course knows my company well. Although the other company is larger (but not huge) given his recent position at that plant, should I expect that they will contact this man regarding me whether I mention it or not? Should I mention, up front, that I worked with their former plant manager? The position that I am applying for is a management position in the plant. I don't have any direct management experience, but I am very knowledgable in that specialty and work with little supervision. The mentioned manager knows that about me. He left my current company 2 years ago.
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