Hear that grinding noise?

That's me grinding to a halt on yet another job application.  This one is online, but overall nowhere near as bad as Unicru.

What's the issue?  References.  Companies these days don't allow personal references, and I don't have any real professional references built up from all of my less-than-a-year periods of employment.  I do have to wonder, how does one get started in a system that assumes that everyone participating has already been in it, and managed to STAY in it long enough to get references?

No, not buying it.  Personal references have to be allowed.

I'm just going to put my dad and say that I worked with him at life or something.  Basically a giant middle finger to the system.