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.

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 ...

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 ...

Ask hiring managers if they enjoy conducting candidate reference checks and you are likely to see a lot of eye rolling. But, in a time when candidates cannot be accepted at face-value alone, the need ...

References are a funny tool. In my experience, few folks really know what they’re looking for when they check references. It’s a sensitive topic when to check references and the generally accepted ...

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 ...

A new SkillSurvey study found that, when asked, job candidates' coworkers give feedback on soft skills for reference checks, while managers focus on tasks. SkillSurvey, provider of cloud-based ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Job hunters, take heed. CIO.com has a good little primer ...

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 ...

HiPeople, an HR tech startup based in Berlin that wants to automate the reference checking process, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Mattias Ljungman’s Moonfire, with ...