Why are jobs in education requiring references from supervisors?

Greetings all,

This may not be unique to education, but I've while looking for a new job over the past 6 months, I've noticed only jobs in ed (not private sector or non-profit) are doing this...

Anyway, I've applied for positions at three different institutions that require 3 references, but each requires 1 or more of them be from a former supervisor.

In one case, a university, required 1 supervisor reference.

In the second, a community college, required 2.

And the third, and independent school district, required that all 3 be from supervisors.

I can understand why employers would want to do this, but it's also fundamentally and anti-worker policy and it very much makes me rethink how much I want to work for one of these places.

Have any of you encountered this?

And, does anyone know why this seems to be becoming the new normal?

Thanks!

Submitted September 02, 2024 at 06:57AM by MonoBlancoATX https://ift.tt/ZbY7ozR