Jeffrey S. Klein, left, and Nicholas J. Pappas, right, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Over the past year and a half, spurred in part by the #MeToo movement, many employers have begun taking additional ...

Employment references are one of the oldest tools in the book. Companies rely on them to vet candidates and assess the stability, competence, and reliability of possible employees. At Argentus, we ...

Reference checks should be initiated for all final candidates prior to recommending a candidate for the position. Obtain several professional references for each candidate under serious consideration.

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 ...

Some candidates may assume reference checks are just about confirming where they worked and when they worked there, but a new survey from the staffing firm Office Team suggests that employers see ...