To whom do you want to make the calls? The answer to this question depends on how important employers think reference checking is in the first place. If you believe reference checking is nothing more ...

Q. When seeking candidates for position openings, is it recommended (or even ethical) to phone prior employers even if references had not been given when the rsum was submitted? The rsum states, ...

During the 20-plus years I've been in the performance-based, reference-checking business, I've identified the three occupational groups least likely to do reference checking: public education, health ...

When you interview an employee you may be very impressed by his resume, by the way he behaves and his past employment history. Before you jump and hire a new employee, it is vital to check his ...

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Jo Eisenhart is the senior vice president of Human Resources, Facilities and Philanthropy at Northwestern Mutual. It’s always been a challenge to get meaningful or objective insight from a job ...

Reference checking is a personnel selection procedure that is widely used across the world. In reference checking, potential employers request information from informants who have previously worked ...

(National) May 3, 2005 - When you apply for a new job, there's a good chance the company will check your references. Now you can learn exactly what your reference say about you. Rick Green did, "It ...

Who wouldn’t want a heads-up on how a job candidate might perform before hiring them? That’s what the entire interview process is for, right? Well, yes, but there’s a final step that many employers ...

The University of Colorado Boulder will conduct additional reference checks on final candidates for tenured faculty appointments. The reference check program will enable CU Boulder to collect and ...