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 ...

HiPeople, an HR tech startup based in Berlin that wants to automate the reference checking process, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Mattias Ljungman’s Moonfire, with ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--We’ve all been told if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it. But according to a new survey of professionals by Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY), that advice, at least ...

References can be divided into two main categories by purpose: academic and professional. An academic reference is typically a formal letter of recommendation for an academic job, a scholarship, or a ...

Getting to reference-checking stage of the interview process is exciting. You are so close to landing the job you can almost smell it! But if you want the process to go smoothly and quickly, you need ...

Most of us know that when you leave a job, no matter the circumstances, it’s better to resist the temptation to burn any bridges. But Heidi Allison, president of reference checking firm Allison & ...

Questions are being asked about how much more financial resource will be demanded of small financial planning groups to accommodate the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) ...

People providing general advice or in management and board positions should be subject to just the same reference checking as financial advisers, according to the Financial Planning Association (FPA).