Posts tagged: Reference checking

Is Reference Checking Worthwhile?

Q. What do you recommend when it comes to checking references and is it even worth the effort? Reference checking when done correctly can be very powerful. I believe the problem isn’t with checking references, but rather how the reference check is performed. Most reference checking is more of a box checking exercise than what [...]

Thursday October 13th, 2011 in , , , , | No Comments »

Changing How You Check References

Q. Is checking a candidate’s references worth the effort since most companies won’t give references anyway? I conduct reference checks on every candidate I represent for one of our searches. I believe this is part of the due diligence process prior to hiring someone. Top talent have references and can always provide someone either currently [...]

Thursday July 21st, 2011 in , , | No Comments »

Not All Reference Checks Say Good Things – 54% Have Received Bad References

I was recently facilitating our, You’re NOT The Person I Hired, workshop with CEOs and key executives. As is often the case, the subject of reference checking came up. Most in the audience tended to agree that checking references is a waste of time. After all, candidates only give references they are sure will say [...]

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

The Real Purpose for Checking References

In just about every in-house company workshop we conduct on hiring, ( See our University for workshops), sooner or later the topic of reference checking comes up. Usually someone will ask, “Isn’t reference checking a waste of time? After all, the person is only going to give you  someone that will say positive things.”  As [...]

Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 in , , | 8 Comments »
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