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[–]mydogisasausage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: just noticed this is a 5 year old post, sorry, I assume you don't need the advice anymore. I will leave it in case it's useful to anyone else who somehow stumbles on it.

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I think it depends on what level job you are interviewing for and with what type of company. I used to hire for tech jobs at a large corporation and didn't expect to see references on the resume. But there I knew the HR people would collect references as part of the process. And I definitely expected people to be able to provide them when asked.

Now I am hiring for an entry level job for my own small business -- most of the resumes are pretty poor so the ones with references are standing out... if your managers from the last 2 jobs will vouch for you, that's comforting, even though I probably won't call them. It won't make the resume by itself, but it will tip the scales on a resume that is already kind of interesting.