Thinking about your prospects for landing that new job?  You should think first about what your former boss and other references will say about you. There is no doubt that, for many job searchers, a person’s previous employers will have a direct bearing on their future. However, more than a few job seekers are under erroneous impressions about what there former employers are allowed to (or what they will) say – New Grad Life  provides examples of some commonly held myths: