Do example research services contact references from your resume?

I'm a new freelancer. I've recently applied to a few companies and sent them my resume. In the Reference section I included email addresses of my former professors who have agreed to provide written references upon request.

Now I'm thinking it was a stupid idea.... Is it going to cause me any trouble?

Some of them do, but most of them don't :)

Never mind, I've just contacted them and asked not to contact these professors.

Some professors might just find it funny. Better safe than sorry, though.

I wonder how many writers use essay mills as references for more respectable professions. If you write this crap as a side thing, how honest are you on your real resume about it? Would you use an essay mill boss as a reference?

I think you will not be able to face any trouble because your professor can't harm you anyway by this. Its better you inform previously to your professor that you gave his address in reference section.

I would (but now I prefer not to -- the only reason is that I don't personally know these people; if I did, I might use them as a reference). Is it a crime to help students by writing example research papers to use as a guidance? I couldn't find any reference to it being a crime. Of course, students must use it as an example to avoid plagiarism accusations.

Ah, VernonBarth, the student with the essaythinker.net signature bar. Could you write me another essay?

No, it's not a crime, but it isn't respectable, either.

The said professors won't hire me because of the glass ceiling. They aren't going to recommend me to their "colleagues" because I don't belong to their clique, either. So I gather helping students is still more respectable than "dropping out of the workforce" and live off tax payers money, isn't it.

What are you talking about? Hire you to do what? Write? There are cliques in academic, but it doesn't seem that is what you are describing here.

And don't listen to ed75 - he's not one that should be talking about respect.

Same professor promised me that I'd find a great job after I graduate from college. Now they don't care when students like me cannot find a job ... because they have been established. I could be hired to do any job, but my choices are limited to flipping burgers or .. finding a job as a freelance writer and compete with a million of other freelancers :(.

I doubt that the professor made you any promises. Even if the professor did make a strong sell to beef up his enrollment, you just learned a valuable lesson: never bet on what somebody else says is a sure thing. You'll lose every time.

Burger flipping sounds like a job? What's wrong with that? What's wrong with starting at the bottom and working your way up? You sound like one of these college students that expects to by making 50k plus straight out of college. Sorry man, it does not work like that.

It's another story, but nowadays others demand much more from me because I'm white. You see, the <white privilege> BS. I have a friend who's been flipping burgers and he's been twice as fast as the <unprivileged> guys and he's never received a raise. They all think it's normal that he is twice as fast and if he slows down they threaten to fire him. I'm not going to follow his steps so I try my luck as an online writer. I don't expect 50K but the idea of working towards my reputation is tempting. Work hard, reap the rewards sooner than later. In theory, at least.

Tip - don't reveal to your clients the color of your skin or ethnicity because you may experience the same ;) But seriously, you're right that having a college degree isn't worth as much as it used to.

100% agreed with Major.

These companies will not bother to contact any of the people listed in your resume as a reference.

I know this from experience. It is not even a necessary part of the writer application process at these companies.

They are just so wanting to fill their writer quota that they don't care about your references. So you can rest assured that your professors were not contacted for any reason. In fact, they avoid calling references because they do not want to blow their cover. I believe that the minute they saw the job description or title of your reference, the HRD of that company made up their minds not to call for a reference.

After all, the professor can turn it around and start questioning them. I sincerely doubt that your professor would judge you regarding your choice of work applications. It is a form of employment that will keep you afloat and your bills paid.

In such instances, who cares if you are performing an academic assistance for the students in need? I doubt if your professor(s) would take it against you.

I for one have never found a need to contact any of the references listed in the resume of any applicant. As far as I am concerned, the only thing that I need to be sure of is that they are capable of writing in proper English and have the ability to complete at least a simple personal statement and not too complicated research paper. That is what I test them on during the application process. That is the job that i am hiring them to do. The only thing I am concerned with are their college level English grades and English classes that they took. Those give me an inkling as to whether they will do a good job as a writer or not. I do not care how they did in school when it pertains to other subjects. That is not my concern since I am not hiring them on a permanent basis with benefits.

This is a part-time, non-contract binding job. So as long as they deliver the final product as required by the client, I am all good with their references or lack thereof. However, I draw the line when a writer asks to use my name or my company as a reference. That is never part of the employment deal.

I can't even imagine what kind of "trouble" the OP was worried about. A former professor might cause you a problem if he finds out that you hired a writer when you were a student, but not if he finds out that you're looking for work as a writer, yourself.

Rather than being worried about any potential trouble he might get into, he should have been more ashamed to have his professor find out that he was applying as a fly by night academic writer. That would be a complete admission of his guilt at potentially helping the students cheat the system. Not to mention, his professor would most likely be looking at the paper submissions of his students, looking for the writing style of his former student, waiting to catch the student in the act. Why would he want to tip off his professor to what he would be doing right? It doesn't make sense. Anyway, I have never heard of an writing company verifying the references of the student. I only verify that the student has an active mobile number, or VoIP system in case I need to make swift contact with the writer.

These companies have never contacted any references that were placed in a resume. They don't care about references since their companies do not legitimately exist anyway. So where is the sense in verifying recommendations? The beauty of the online writing job is that it does not require anybody to vouch for you Your work speaks for itself and the repeat clients you have confirms your character as a person.