The Importance of Negotiating Your Professional References
Negotiating a fair severance package is common when a person involuntarily leaves a hospitality company. What many people fail to realize, however, is that it’s just as important to negotiate a fair professional references for use in landing one’s next position at a...
What Will a Past Employer Tell a Prospective Employer?
What Will A Past Employer Tell A Prospective Employer? Manage Your References – and Your Job Prospects – With These 10 Simple Steps So, you’ve completed the first round of interviews – and perhaps the second – with flying colors towards that cherished new job. At this...
What Information Can a Former Employer Legally Provide?
You’ve come through the job application process with flying colors and your prospective employer has told you they need only confirm your job references before making you that offer. You’ve heard that your references can only (legally) confirm your former title/dates...
Reference Checking: 7 Reasons Not to Have a Friend Check Your References
Does this scenario sound familiar? In your search for new employment, you’ve done your homework in refining your resume and presentation skills and have perhaps even “aced” an interview (or two) in spades. A prospective job offer is within reach; one of the last...