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Checking Job References

By W. Eric Martin, Keyboard pounder & synonym selecter, TwoWriters.net For each job opening you post, you're likely to receive dozens, even hundreds, of applications. Interviewing these applicants will give you some idea of their business skills, but interviews often hide as much as they reveal. To find out more about a person's abilities, call the job references listed on their application and pepper their former bosses with questions. Contacting job references can: Tell you how well an ... Read more