You want to provide a potential employer with the names of people who can speak highly of you. However, your references need to have relevant information to share. Don't put down the head of your department as a reference simply because they have an impressive title. Former bosses and colleagues make good references. However, if you're fresh out of school, you can ask volunteer directors, faith leaders, or even professors. You also might not want to use former supervisors. Be prepared to explain to the hiring manager why. For example, your older supervisor might not have really managed you, or you didn't get along. Instead, provide the name of another senior-level person you worked closely with. Call them up or stop in and tell them you'd like to put them down as a reference. Also check if they can give you a strong reference. Some people are afraid to say "no," so they might hesitate. Cross them off your list. Remember to ask ahead of time, especially if you need a written reference. Give at least two weeks' notice. For example, you should probably give them an updated resume as well as information about the job you are applying for. If you have a copy of the job description, share that as well. Ask if the reference needs any other information. If you haven't worked for them in a while, then they might need to be reminded of important projects you worked on. You should type up your reference list. Open a blank word processing document and set the font to something comfortable. It should be the same font that you used on your cover letter and resume. You should have the same letterhead information at the top of the page. Include your name, address, and contact information. You can take your cover letter and delete everything but the header information. You should have at least three references, preferably from your most recent job. However, you might want to include more, in case the hiring manager cannot reach all of your references. Include the following information for each: name title company name business address email address phone number a short description of your relationship Use the same paper you print your resume on. Ideally, use ivory or white paper and make several copies for an interview. More than one person might be looking at the list. Unless requested, you don't need to mail in your reference list with your CV or resume. Also, you shouldn't write "References upon request" on your resume. Instead, hold onto your references and give them to your interviewer. Some fields (such as education) require that you submit references ahead of time. Check the job advertisement to see if references must be submitted before the interview. Go to your profile page and click on the "More" icon. Select "Request a recommendation." You can request recommendations from three connections at once. You can receive an unlimited number of recommendations in total.

Summary: Identify relevant references. Ask for permission to use someone as a reference. Provide your reference with helpful information. Format your document. Include necessary information for each reference. Print on high quality paper. Submit your references. Request recommendations on LinkedIn.

You can't start over in your life if you're still holding onto the past. Whether be a relationship, job, family or other situation, you need to accept what has happened. Acceptance doesn't necessarily mean forgiveness or understanding. It just means that you have realized something has happened, you acknowledged it, and you are ready to move on from it. Remember that pain and suffering aren't the same thing. You will feel pain and hurt when you're life isn't going in the direction you want, but you don't have to suffer. Suffering is a choice. Nothing last forever, including pain. So acknowledge it, experience it, and move on from it. Don't center your life around the hurt and the failures; get out of that story and avoid the drama (e.g., "I will never find love again" or "I will never be able to get another job"). This is not to say that you are powerless and that things are just "fated" to be a certain way. Rather, nothing has meaning besides the meaning you assign to it. It's up to you to make every event, incident, and moment in your life empowering or disempowering. The lessons you are to learn won't be obvious; you instead have to discover what your life is telling you. For example, what if you are asked to step down from a position in your career because your ideas for the business are too big or you are taking things in a different direction than what management envisions for the company? Instead of reading this as a failure on your part, think of it as confirmation that you and your boss have fundamentally different visions and that perhaps it's time to part ways so you can realize your vision elsewhere. You can't "quit life", so instead of getting down when things aren't work out as planned, ask yourself, "What is or was working in my situation or circumstance?" Write it all down. Keep notes to yourself about your successes, even the small ones. Write every night about something that went well that day. Focusing on the positive helps attract more of it! Then think about how can promoting what is or was working for you even more. For example, maybe you realize that in you were great at talking with customers but that the location wasn't right for your business and that you need to change venues to an area with more foot traffic. Think about what works or worked for you and how you could improve on that even further. Just do it. You don't need to validate your choices to make a change in your life. You don't need to tell other people or ask them what they think you should do; often when we feel insecure, we consult others so that we feel better about our plan or to prepare them for the transformation. But your life is YOUR life. Move on and people will grow with you. Those that don't perhaps aren't meant to be in your life in the first place. Your next steps in life aren't about anyone else but you. Ignore what everyone else says. A lot of their resistance will be about them and not you because it makes them question their own lives. Remember that only you need to feel comfortable with your choices and decisions.

Summary: Accept the past. Remember that things happen for a reason. Take stock of your failures and successes. Don't announce that you are starting over.

This recipe calls for vanilla extract as the only flavoring additives, but feel free to add other flavors as well. For instance, you could add a drop of all natural lavender essential oil when you add the vanilla. This will not only imbue the flowers with a subtle lavender flavor, they will also give off a thematically appropriate aroma. Similarly, you can make the chocolate based with either dark chocolate or white chocolate if you prefer.

Summary: Experiment with other flavors and aromas.

When you read, pretend that you don't know anything about the subject and your are learning about it for the first time. Does your report explain who the person is and why they are important? Can someone who has never heard of the person you are reporting on get a clear picture of the person from your report? If you think you need to explain your subject more, take the time to do it. You've spent a lot of time on your report already, so it's worth a little more time to make it the best it can be. After you're done writing your paper, read it out loud to catch mistakes. This will help you to catch areas of your writing that are awkward or confusing. When reading over your report you also want to make sure that the grammar and spelling is correct. Most word processing programs have a spell check function built in, so that will have caught many of the typos you made while you typed. However, it's important to look it over yourself to make sure your grammar correct and that you have used all of the right words. For example, did you use the right version of the word "there" in your paper? A spell check program may not catch it if you used the wrong version of a word with multiple spellings. It is not "cheating" to have someone edit your paper, unless your teacher specifically prohibits it. Instead, getting the help and input of others in an important part of the writing process and of becoming a better writer. Don't take it personally if you get a lot of feedback. They're only trying to help make your report the best it can be. Consider having a parent or a classmate read over your report. If you have a classmate do it, offer to read over their paper in exchange for them reading over yours.
Summary: Read over your report for clarity. Make grammatical and spelling corrections. Have someone else edit your report.