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 ...

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 ...

Congratulations! You have just been offered your dream job and everyone on the team thinks you are the perfect match for the position. But wait -- there is one final step. Your employer will need to ...

(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) ...

Jeffrey S. Klein, left, and Nicholas J. Pappas, right, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Over the past year and a half, spurred in part by the #MeToo movement, many employers have begun taking additional ...

Reference checks and backgrounds checks are common screening tools used in the hiring process. Both methods are used to verify elements of a candidate's application, interview and work history.

It’s every business owner’s worst nightmare: You hire someone who looks smart on paper and seems fine in the interview, who then turns out to be a disaster. And not just a run-of-the-mill disaster. As ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...