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 ...

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 ...

Q. When seeking candidates for position openings, is it recommended (or even ethical) to phone prior employers even if references had not been given when the rsum was submitted? The rsum states, ...