Your cover letter and résumé have attracted the interest of multiple employers. To glean more information about you, hiring managers for each company will likely call the people on your reference list ...

Job references are important for the employer and the potential employee. Employers typically use references to make hiring decisions and a lack of them can hurt your chances of getting a position. It ...

One of the last things many job seekers do prior to submitting a resume is tack on the perfunctory “References Available Upon Request” at the bottom of the document. Most don’t give the statement a ...

When you interview an employee you may be very impressed by his resume, by the way he behaves and his past employment history. Before you jump and hire a new employee, it is vital to check his ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about corporate governance, leadership and diversity. Recruitment 101 includes references as a core component of a ...