October 6, 2014
What Are Your References Saying About You?
Here’s something you maybe didn’t know:
Before I call a single one of your references, they are telling me about you.
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Giving references in Canada can be tricky and some companies shy away from it altogether. One wrong thing said against a candidate by an employer during a reference could result in defamation lawsuits or Human Rights issues. References are risky business.
Which is why they can also be misleading. Very few are willing to risk their company’s well being over a bad reference. Most will either refuse or tailor the reference to discount all the negative feelings they may have had about a former employee. If I’m getting a bad reference, I usually assume it’s because the referee doesn’t know much about Employment Law.
Whenever a former manager of mine would get calls for references he would say he would only answer yes or no questions and not elaborate on any details further than that. He was protecting his own ass.
So, in the end, a good reference doesn’t necessarily mean much. But that’s okay. Like I said, even if your references are glowing, they may have said bad things about you before we’ve even chatted.
How?
Whenever I gather a reference I ask for five key pieces of information: 1) Name, 2) Company, 3) Title, 4) Phone Number and 5) E mail address.
Name is obvious. I need to know who I’m talking to.
For company, I want to make sure you’re providing references from places you’ve actually worked. If you’re sending me a reference from someone at a company that doesn’t appear on your resume, I want to know why. Who is this person? What is your relation to them?
Company also helps me date your reference. If I ask for three references and all of them come from companies you haven’t worked for in eight years, I’m going to start wondering why there hasn’t been anyone since who felt you suitable enough to provide a reference for? Red flags are flying high.