What do you do when you want a job but have no references at all?
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Im 28 and have never had a real job before. I know ill likely get crucified here for that but hey ho im trying to fix this.
From ages 18-22 I did a BSc in Environmental management, it wasn’t my thing at all. After that I did nothing and lived with parents for 2 years and I didn’t find out what I wanted to do in life until I was 24 when I discovered I could code. So from 24-28 I did another degree but this time it was at the open university. I did Q62 Computing & IT with a software dev specialization. Im almost done with that im just waiting for my final grade, it’ll be a 2.1. I pieced together a dynamic website for my final project to get a portfolio started so I can shove that on my CV.
Ive never met any of my tutors so realistically I cant use them as a reference. The only job I ever had was a brief 4 month stretch at an outsourcing callcenter and it was just a trial period, they never kept me on because I was pretty bad at customer service apparently. I can get a character reference from a friend but no work references.
I saw this and the OU can send an academic reference showing "my progress as a student", that might do the trick in lieu of an actual work reference.
http://www2.open.ac.uk/students/careers/applying-for-jobs/references
From ages 18-22 I did a BSc in Environmental management, it wasn’t my thing at all. After that I did nothing and lived with parents for 2 years and I didn’t find out what I wanted to do in life until I was 24 when I discovered I could code. So from 24-28 I did another degree but this time it was at the open university. I did Q62 Computing & IT with a software dev specialization. Im almost done with that im just waiting for my final grade, it’ll be a 2.1. I pieced together a dynamic website for my final project to get a portfolio started so I can shove that on my CV.
Ive never met any of my tutors so realistically I cant use them as a reference. The only job I ever had was a brief 4 month stretch at an outsourcing callcenter and it was just a trial period, they never kept me on because I was pretty bad at customer service apparently. I can get a character reference from a friend but no work references.
I saw this and the OU can send an academic reference showing "my progress as a student", that might do the trick in lieu of an actual work reference.
http://www2.open.ac.uk/students/careers/applying-for-jobs/references