If you are a job seeker, you want to make the best impression possible. Not only do you want to impress a hiring manager with your resume and in your interview, but you want to make sure that your ...

Hiring someone is a major investment for a company, and hiring managers often rely on job references to ensure they’re bringing on the best fit for their team. For an interviewee, a glowing reference ...

Day 7: Secure your references. This post is part of Forbes’ Career Challenge: Get Job-Search Ready In 15 Days. Job seekers are free to toot their own horns on résumés and cover letters. So for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Not long ago, when you were applying for jobs, references weren't given much thought. That is no longer the case. As the competition increases and employers become more stringent in their selection ...

You’ve made it through the interviews and now a potential employer is asking for references. But if you’re a recent graduate who doesn’t have a lot of work experience, who do you ask? First, consider ...

When assessing a potential new hire, have you ever had to ask yourself, "How wasn't this flagged during the reference check?" If so, you could be missing key steps when checking the candidate’s ...

Frustrated job hunters often fear that former employers are bad-mouthing them and preventing them from getting hired. Some ask friends or relatives to pose as potential employers or fact checkers, ...

Editor's note: This is a contributed piece by Ray Bixler, president and CEO of SkillSurvey, an online reference checking technology firm that harnesses the power of references to help organizations ...

Who wouldn’t want a heads-up on how a job candidate might perform before hiring them? That’s what the entire interview process is for, right? Well, yes, but there’s a final step that many employers ...

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 ...