“Of course, if you’d rather we didn’t check with your last employer …”
January/February 1984
“Very good. Any other references besides your mother?”
May 1952
“Just because everybody says you’re a character,
Mr. Johnson, we don’t consider them ‘character references.'”
January/February 1978
“I see in your resume that from 1961 to 1982 you were at work. Can you be a little more specific?”
January/February 1984
“Let’s see, I’ve had one week’s experience at Hagley and Company, two days at Farson Brothers, half an hour at Beglo Company …”
December 1953
“I haven’t worked for 20 years. I can’t wait to get back behind a typewriter.”
July/August 2000
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