I'm applying for certain 2010 college graduate positions and wondering if I should include references in my CV or in a separate .pdf sheet? Would putting references help justify that I'm a "valid, serious" candidate?
I would normally only give references when asked.<p>One reason being that I would always inform a referee that they should expect to be contacted - that's not true if I just send my CV, only once I have an offer.<p>I wouldn't expect a prospective employeer to ask for references unless they had made an offer as the references would be expected to include the current employeer.<p>Clearly your circumstances are somewhat different, but we can expect the same overall guidelines to apply.
I haven't applied for a job in years, but I've considered that I'd probably forego typical references and just include my LinkedIn profile (where other people's recommendations are visible).