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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Providing references for former employees can put your human resources department on the spot. No laws list the information that HR must give when someone calls for a referral; however, giving out ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...