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In response to "i think we had a long thread about this for kelly a ways back. my vote is the company assigned, not the temp agency. -- nm" by TFox

Personally, I don't think it's about the where, it's the what that's more important.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Jul 23 '10, 12:09

your tasks/responsibilities have to have the right keywords to get anywhere in today's electronic resume screening process.

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but if they want to call for a reference, they really should contact the temp agency -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 12:10 8
- If they call your employer, they're looking for verification. That's very different from references. -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 12:34 2
  - sure, but again, being as the temp agency paid you, that's who should confirm that. if you know what i mean. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 12:37 1
    - I don't want to mislead people. I think we're taking the word "reference" to mean two different things?... -- nm - con_carne Jul 23, 12:42
- Well, I put my manager at Chase as my reference. I never worked with the temp agency people, really. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 23, 12:12 2
  - you were there a long time, right? i think a lot depends on that. -- nm - Andie Jul 23, 12:38 1
    - Well, yes. -- nm - JaxSean Jul 23, 12:51
- Thats actually what I was kinda getting at ,like which phn# do I put -- nm - eag Jul 23, 12:12 1
  - The one who will give you the best reference. :) -- nm - JaxSean Jul 23, 12:12

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