been applying to a lot of jobs, in my career field and otherwise, and a lot of them are asking if they can contact my previous supervisors. they cannot, because i do not have any way to contact them myself LOL but is this really normal?? who is actually calling those people? is this affecting hiring decisions??
do you keep your supervisor’s numbers?
Yes… I keep contact information on hand of everyone that I use as references and I make an effort to stay on touch with them.
It is how I built my professional network.