Applying for a job...

[baliguat]

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Few days ago, my co-worker told me that there was an applicant (identity witheld) for a nursing position (telemetry). That most of my co-workers laughed at and even "labeled" that person as "nutty". To make the long story short, on the reference section that person wrote GOD as personal reference. Is it wrong or not? Appropriate or not? Should be included or not?

If anyone knows who applied for a job, your resume should be factual records. Correct? like when your "employer" needs to contact your references to know if you are legit. That person was hired but not because of personal reference but the person's qualifications. Few days past, the person quit because of shame.

What's your opinion?

@ maam tripwire,

nganu man pud na nauwaw xa oi?

[tripwire]

I think he is right IN THE WRONG WAY.

In the applicant's perspective, he might think it is his prerogative to put anything in his CV; in this instance he is correct because it is his legal right.

In the employer's perspective, the reference is only a tertiary aspect of the CV (primary - personal circumstances; secondary - education and achievements; tertiary - references, declaration, others). Although some names in the CV were impertinent [such as naming a dead person, a hero, a name of a street, etc], it shall be taken as a symptom showing the degree of seriousness of an applicant's intent or aspiration. When someone put "God" as one of his references, it may also be understood as an incomplete information given in the CV because there is a tendency that he might be referring to a popular local politician or public figure whose name is "God" [short for Goding].

Experience in the academe shows that the "Noy Amon" in the CV shall be taken as incomplete information because the applicant wanted the employer to assume that the "Noy Amon" was the popular "Don Ramon Durano" of Danao in the 1970s.

Hope this helps.

Very interesting information forester. I think in legal views (as you have pointed out) there is validity in which a person has a legal right to or not to include a refered being either dead, living or spiritual. However, in job application a person should include a "living" reference for the employer to attest her or his character within the community or peers. Although, I am not good in interviewing an applicant nor a I work in human resources department. These are just my personal views. Anything that's written here is just a bit of my little knowledge.

The explanation is perfect Atty. Forester (?)

@ maam tripwire,

nganu man pud na nauwaw xa oi?

Kana dili ko katubag sa pangutana. nadunggan lang nako nga na-uwaw siya sa mga tsismis sa mga tawo. That person shouldn't listen to bickering and stupid stories but as we all know, sometimes people can not bear "tsismis" because all we need is unity or harmony in the office and if one or a group of people is talking about your "reference", maayo na lang ug muhawa. Di ba? Maayo na lang gani nga wala maghikog...

[tripwire]

reference - from the root word refer
refer -to direct for information or anything required

inappropriate ra kaau since you cannot squeeze information from God when you're applying. so i'd say sayop ni cya sa nag apply. basin nasayop lang nya ug sabot ang meaning sa reference.

Maybe. Maybe that person is too religious and the reference portion of that resume thought of a general information and you can write anything in that blank space.

Ang kataw-anan ug ang gibutang sa "XES" question, instead of Male or Female... gisuwat as "once a week". That must have been the funniest resume I can imagine.

[ice_water]

mura man ug bugal2x ng iya oi. hehe.

yes, God is the best reference pero seriously, unsaon man pag dawat nimo ana?

NURSE pa jud iyang gi applyan? lolskiez.. hahaha

[Red.Emano]

dili ni dapat sa SPIRITUALITY board, didto ni sa business or economics section..bugal bugal

[botslob]

akong ireference kay mga Apostoles para daghan

[tokidoki_v2.1]

preha man pud ni sa step brothers. Si "Jesus" ang iyang reference.

Niingon ra ang HR we need someone we can "actively" connect.

[baliguat]

Kana dili ko katubag sa pangutana. nadunggan lang nako nga na-uwaw siya sa mga tsismis sa mga tawo. That person shouldn't listen to bickering and stupid stories but as we all know, sometimes people can not bear "tsismis" because all we need is unity or harmony in the office and if one or a group of people is talking about your "reference", maayo na lang ug muhawa. Di ba? Maayo na lang gani nga wala maghikog...

nah! sakit na jud no-on ako tiyan anig katawa! hikog na man hinood. hehehehe

Pero bitaw, di baya jud angay mag padala anang mga tsismoso/tsismosa diha.

[reishoto]

i can only say one thing... bugok siya... and this doesnt make me intelligent either. its just that she chose not to use her brain that time...

differentiates profesionals from educated..

[jntio]

new sb ni dah! =)