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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just tell them they can't contact your current employer. That's very normal and they shouldn't have a problem with it. If they do, or insist on contacting anyways, that's not a company you want to work for.[/quote]

This.  Sometimes, the company knows that the employee is looking for another job, in which case, there's no damage done by calling their current supervisor.  But it's quite normal for applicants to say that they have not yet informed their office that they are job hunting, and they would prefer that the hiring company not contact their current supervisor.  Nothing strange about that.  [/quote]

+1  It would be a very unusual situation for your current employer to be provided as a reference!  I've only done it once -- I was interviewing for a position with a client of the consulting firm I worked at.  My boss at the time recommended it to me, although the hiring manager had some questions for her along the lines of, "if she's so great, why do you want her to leave" (answer being that my boss was a great mentor and saw the job was a good fit with my long term goals while the current company was not)

As a hiring manager, I'd never ask for current employer and be very surprised if it were offered.[/quote]

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