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, ...

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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 ...

(MoneyWatch) When called for a reference, your former employer can only verify dates of employment and job title, right? Wrong. Employers can say anything they want to about a former (or current) ...

Because job reference checking is so time-consuming, it’s usually done only for the final few candidates, and it’s often the tie-breaker on who gets the job offer. Knowing what goes on behind the ...

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 ...

Did you ever wonder what your former employer would tell your prospective employer about you? If you’d like to find out, head for jobreferenceexperts.com for your confidential employer reference check ...

(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 ...

Employee references are the positive or negative comments about an employee’s job performance provided to a prospective employer. In most cases, a prospective employer will contact a person’s current ...