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 ...

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 should be initiated for all final candidates prior to recommending a candidate for the position. Obtain several professional references for each candidate under serious consideration.

When was the last time checking a job candidate’s references did you any good? For many managers, a reference check is little more than a rubber stamp, the very last thing you do–or someone in human ...

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.

(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) ...

For many hiring managers, exerting the effort to make reference calls can seem like a waste of time. Many corporate policies prohibit any conversation beyond confirming the name of the employee and ...

Iowa City Community School District Superintendent Stephen Murley acknowledges that any school administrator is constantly concerned with inappropriate behavior between teachers and staff members and ...

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 ...

If you could either only interview your job candidates or only conduct reference checks, which would you choose? Serial Internet entrepreneur Kevin Ryan thinks the answer is simple. Reference checks.

President Ronald Reagan famously said “trust but verify” during disarmament talks with the Soviet Union. His signature phrase applies just as strongly to hiring people as it does to superpower ...

I can always tell when hunting season in academe is about to end. Calls from headhunters in search of interesting candidates are way down; reference calls from screening committees are way up. Between ...