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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP that everyone is piling on.  First, for "background" checks,  yes, I meant googling, checking LinkedIn and other publicly available information, not an official background check.  That is only done when an offer is extended AND accepted.  As for contacting employers to expedite a good candidate, I've only contacted employers that were listed directly in the application.  When people fill out web-based applications, our employer asks them to lists references that can be contacted.  [b]Unlike OP's situation, I would not reach out to someone that is not listed on the resume or on the application.  [/b]I would not reach out to your former or current employer that I happened to know.  If you put "References available upon request" or similar language, I would not pursue, or would contact you for references.  If you put the references on the resume or include it on the application, they should be fair game to be contacted, that is essentially your explicit consent to contact them (on the application is specifically says only list references that can be contacted).  If you don't want them contacted without your consent then detail it in your cover letter or just don't include the references when you submit your application.  Also, i[/quote]
So, in this case, OP says:
[quote=Anonymous]

I work in a very specialized field [b]and didn't list my current job as a reference, but indicated that I would be willing to provide further references upon request.[/b][/quote] and you said you would check.  Did you misspeak?[/quote]

No,  I said that I would check the cover letter for additional instructions or details and that I did not think that "confidential" meant not to contact her references.   I agreed in the message above that in OP's situation I would not have reached out to the unlisted reference.  This means that I would consider any listed reference to be fair game.  What I said in my first message was in disagreement with all PPs that suggested that contacting any references was unprofessional.  I think any reference that you list can be contacted.  If you don't want someone contacted, then you either omit them from the list (as OP did) or[b] put specific instructions in your cover letter.[/b][/quote]

That would be a weird, odd sore thumb in a cover letter. [/quote]

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