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From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked About Leadership

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A lot of water cooler conversation at work is around the topic of bosses. There is something wrong with all of them… at least in the eyes of most. Complaining is part of sharpening our filtering skills to sort out right from wrong and reaches its highest form when we are confident enough to bitch about things to our colleagues. There are differences in that conversation depending on which floor of the building it happens… Read More »From the Archives of Make HR Happen – Those Times We Talked About Leadership

Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Stories about Refs

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Proof that any topic can be seen from multiple perspectives, the subject of reference checking is almost a non-issue from most points of view. Many companies have replaced the obligatory personal reference check with bland outsourced background checks or mindless impersonal checkboxes. People clamor for online recognition while admitting that quid pro quo recommendations on LinkedIn and push-button endorsements don’t mean very much. Before we discard the entire concept of references, it is important to… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – Stories about Refs

Giving Good Reference

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It is an uncomfortable moment of truth. Someone you know has asked to use your name as a reference for employment. If this is someone that has earned your endorsement it is still not an easy thing to do. If this is someone that you don’t know well enough to recommend it is not easy to say no. In spite of the temptation to always say yes and then offer lukewarm support, this does nothing… Read More »Giving Good Reference

Why and How to Create a Reference List

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All active job seekers should already know that they will eventually have to provide a list of references before being hired. This is not new news, but the majority of applicants show up for the interview totally clueless about how to fill out any form that has blank spaces for references. If there is any other sign that the candidate is not taking this seriously it would be forgetting to show up for the interview.… Read More »Why and How to Create a Reference List

Sourcing with Reference Checks

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Sourcers already know this. There is a headhunter tactic that is seldom used by corporate recruiters or human resources generalists. In fact, with technology and outsourcing around to replace traditional reference checking there is a lost opportunity to engage with a pool of passive candidates for hire: the candidate’s references. Recruiters operate on the theory that every phone call is a potential source of a candidate unless it is a busy signal. This is not… Read More »Sourcing with Reference Checks