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Do You Know How to Conduct Effective Reference Checks?

Reference checks protect your company from making costly hiring mistakes.

When designed properly, a reference check will allow you to:
  • Verify a candidate's employment background to fill in gaps in work history or other missing application sections.
  • Determine the actual identity of a candidate to ensure he or she matches up with government identification systems.
  • Eliminate candidates who lie on their applications about their work and educational history.
  • Gather information about past work assignments and responsibilities as they relate to the resume provided.
  • Gain more insight into the candidate's suitability for the job and fit with your organization.
Click here to learn the five steps for effective and legal reference checks.

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Hi Reader,

Do you know the five steps to an effective and legal reference check? Not sure? Then check out this month's Key Idea.

On a related note, check out the sample reference check form from our Resource Center.

And if you're looking for more ways to improve hiring--or if you have an immediate need for help--please email me at info@krgstaffing.com .

Regards,

Carolyn L. Gala, CPC
CEO
Key Resource Group, LLC


Did you know?

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 100.6 million full-time wage and salary workers were $753 in the second quarter of 2011 (not seasonally adjusted). This was 1.8 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 3.4 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers over the same period.

Courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics


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