Work Reference Dilemma

[kappaloo]

This is mostly a rant.

I had an interview. HR called me today (at 4:30PM) to ask for references.

I give them 3 but they are all on-campus (I worked on campus for the majority of my university days).

So I call my old employer. She's on vacation... UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
So I call another person who worked there. She's disappeared.
So I called my friend who worked there. She's disappeared.

So I look up my previous employer, but I can't find his info (I had my computer crash so I lost a lot).

I considered a Kappa reference (it doesn't need to be a work reference as much as a character reference) - they are all at convention until tomorrow and she wants it for tomorrow morning.

So I called the women who hired me for the music camp I helped at - from 1998-2000. I'm hoping she can help me out. But I didn't get an answer.

I'm also giving another on-campus name, but it's in a different area so I hope it will help.

Otherwise, I'm going back to 1998 and before. And I haven't talked to those since ... well... 2000.

*le sigh* I called the HR person and she seems to understand... but it's just soooo annoying!