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Edited on Fri Mar-28-08 11:59 AM by npincus
OK, in a nutshell: a friend of mine feels she may be losing her job, so has started looking around for another one. Her 5-year old and my 5 year-old are best friends, and consequently we've gotten to know her and her husband and we're all friendly. Anyway, this friend had emailed me yesterday to ask if she could put me down a a reference. I didn't get back to her until today, and said "sure". She then informed me that she had already put me down as a "friend/co-worker". I am not sure with what company or companies.
Anyway, I feel kind of miffed; I am hapy to be a character reference, but when it comes to the co-worker (fabrication) part, am not comfortable. We're not in the same fields, I don't have a copy of her resume-what if someone calls me and starts asking a lot of (specific) questions about the kind of stuff she did, who what when where... I emailed her back and said I was happy to refer her character but am not so comfortable with the other part.
Your opinion?
**on edit: UPDATE: she just emailed me back and apologized. She said she only put me down for the head hunter interview, so far. Said she didn't mean to upset me.
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