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 ...

(MoneyWatch) When called for a reference, your former employer can only verify dates of employment and job title, right? Wrong. Employers can say anything they want to about a former (or current) ...

Congratulations! You have just been offered your dream job and everyone on the team thinks you are the perfect match for the position. But wait -- there is one final step. Your employer will need to ...

When US CEO and tech founder Mariah Hay took to LinkedIn to call out the use of “backchannels” to get the lowdown on job candidates, she kicked off an intense debate about how information is gathered ...

Hiring the right employee is a critical step in building a successful business, and reference checks can offer valuable insights into a candidate’s past performance, reliability, and interpersonal ...