Is it common that someone applying for wait staff kind of has no professional references?
Asked by N N
With regards to personal and professional references, such as people that the applicant knows personally, such as a teacher, dentist, pastor from church etc....Is it common that someone applying for a job will not have any references such as these, but only has references who are family and maybe just a friend from school who is their peer, is this common? Is this acceptable?

Best Answer:
I don't have any professional references either so there wasn't much I could do, just explain to the manager when you hand in your application that you don't have any and give a reason why (for me it was because I'm only 19 and the job I worked at for nearly 4 years was me working by myself so I honestly had no one that I could use!) As far personal references you aren't supposed to use family and managers don't like it when people just list their friends.. I use some of my parents friends that know me. But if you're young it should be more acceptable esp. if you don't have a lot of work experience.

It will not make you look like the best person for the job. Everyone should have personal references. Pastors, teachers, past employers, neighbors, etc.
Answered by Classy Granny