How do you apply for a new job without having your current employer as a reference?
I'm actually asking for another person-she joined my previous lab two months before I left. I had a bad experience there, but didn't want to predjudice her with my feelings.
I ran into her today at the grocery store, a year after I had left. When we got to talking, I found she had had many of the negative experiences I had gone through. At the moment, she wants to look for a new job, but is hesitant about listing her boss (my ex-boss) as a reference. She's afraid if he finds out that she's looking, he will make her life a living he!!. Also, she is not an American citizen, but is here (with her middle school-aged daughter) on a work visa.
Is there any "politically-correct" way she can leave off her present boss as a reference? I feel really bad that I didn't open up to her more when she joined, but I'd like to help her as much as I can now that she has decided for herself to leave. Thanks so much in advance for any advice.
Christy
ps-As far as I know, she did not sign any contract agreeing to any specified length of employment.
I'm actually asking for another person-she joined my previous lab two months before I left. I had a bad experience there, but didn't want to predjudice her with my feelings.
I ran into her today at the grocery store, a year after I had left. When we got to talking, I found she had had many of the negative experiences I had gone through. At the moment, she wants to look for a new job, but is hesitant about listing her boss (my ex-boss) as a reference. She's afraid if he finds out that she's looking, he will make her life a living he!!. Also, she is not an American citizen, but is here (with her middle school-aged daughter) on a work visa.
Is there any "politically-correct" way she can leave off her present boss as a reference? I feel really bad that I didn't open up to her more when she joined, but I'd like to help her as much as I can now that she has decided for herself to leave. Thanks so much in advance for any advice.
Christy
ps-As far as I know, she did not sign any contract agreeing to any specified length of employment.