It is the call that most managers and business owners dread. “Hi,” it starts. “I’m calling to check on a reference for someone who used to work for you.” In this litigious age, that call almost always ...

In my course at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, students frequently ask case guests: What is the most important thing you do as a leader? The response is always the same: hiring and ...

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 ...

There are lots of prohibitions in the law about what can and can't be asked during an employment interview. Conversely, there are no prohibitions in the law about what can and can't be asked during a ...

Your interviews have gone well, and the prospective employer is impressed by you and your qualifications. But before they send out an offer letter, they will need to do one last thing: a reference ...

Dear J.T. & Dale: Why did a company check my references if they had no intention of hiring me? They called my reference but then rejected me. For the record, this reference is a friend and never says ...

The University of Colorado Boulder is dedicated to supporting an environment in which students, staff, and faculty can fully participate in the campus community, while free from gender-based ...