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 ...

Staffing, recruiting and hiring are key responsibilities of human resources. An important aspect of hiring is checking references to verify information in resumes and interviews. Checking references ...

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 ...

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) ...

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.

These are some of the many things Graham Duncan, investor and chairman of the Sohn Conference Foundation and chairman emeritus of East Rock Capital, thinks about reference checks for job candidates.

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 ...

Federal agencies should standardize the process for checking the references of potential hires and should train managers how to conduct effective checks, the Merit Systems Protection Board recommended ...

When you think you’ve found the ideal candidate, it’s time to focus on reference and background checks. All too often reference checks are treated as an afterthought or a mere formality. The reality ...

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 ...