“References available upon request.” We are all extremely familiar with the phrase, or some variation thereof, indicating that a host of credible witnesses stand at the ready to affirm a candidate’s praises. Some modern day camps including the University of California at Berkeley and Emory University in Atlanta no longer recommend including the classic expression as a part of a polished and professional CV. It is now assumed that if the candidate is as fabulous as they claim, they will be able to produce at least a couple of living human beings to back up their lavish assertions without having to spell out such at the bottom of their resume.
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Ha, I guess Claudine is having fun plugging her firm.
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I think it was an accident. I spoke with her today. Roll Tide.
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Michael, I strongly agree with your point about taking the reference check seriously but also understand some recruiters are having a hard time getting excited about it. The reference check 1.0, performed over the phone just doesn't work for multiple reasons:
- 1) very manual and time consuming process
- 2) hard to get references to speak due to legal guidelines
- 3) time prohibitive to talk to more than 2 or 3 references
- 4) the questions aren't structured and consistent so we can use them more as assessment to compare candidates
But social networks and what we call reference check 2.0 solve those issues.
I highly recommend anyone serious about reference check to read the book reference check 2.0 available on amazon.com or to check out vendors such as the company I work for www.Checkster.com to move on to reference check 2.0 and obtain high value reports while reducing costs.
