I was laid off in May from my job in the private sector, where I've worked for various companies for nearly 20 years. In every job I've gotten, I've either never had to provide references, or provide references from anyone I worked with, including co-workers or direct reports.
When I was laid off, I was actually pretty positive about it. I had been wanting for years to make a move into the public sector - either local government or higher education - and I saw this as an opportunity to do that.
However, I've been a bit discouraged by a couple job opportunities that came up. Before even interviewing, I was asked to provide references from former supervisors. This is not something I am comfortable with. One job was not a good fit. I was out of my depth and really struggled when I was there. Even though we had an understanding that it was just a bad fit, I don't believe that supervisor would give a glowing review, even if my co-workers would. Another one, my wife had the opportunity of a lifetime come up and we chose to take it, even though we had to relocate and I had to leave my job with 2 weeks notice. It was the right thing to do but my supervisor was extremely upset about it (unprofessionally so - he straight up tried to blackmail me to get me stay).
Anyway, is this SOP in the public sector, to ask for supervisor-specific references? If so, I would really hate to give up on my dream of working in the public sector.
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