Job referencing
Hi all,
When you have been for an interview in the USA, when does the company apply for references? Is it: Before they offer the position After they offer the position Or no referencing at all Also is it expected that you give your last employer as a work reference or can you give previous employers? Thanks for any replies |
Re: Job referencing
Depending on the company and the position being applied for it could be any of the above, although the most common is probably to check references after an offer has been made and accepted.
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Re: Job referencing
Originally Posted by sadieb
(Post 11629083)
Hi all,
When you have been for an interview in the USA, when does the company apply for references? Is it: Before they offer the position After they offer the position Or no referencing at all Also is it expected that you give your last employer as a work reference or can you give previous employers? Thanks for any replies |
Re: Job referencing
Originally Posted by mikelincs
(Post 11629146)
I would certainly think that they would want a reference from your last employer.
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My UK employer (which happens to be the MoD) was contacted and asked for a reference before I was offered the job.
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Re: Job referencing
Originally Posted by civilservant
(Post 11629178)
My UK employer (which happens to be the MoD) was contacted and asked for a reference before I was offered the job.
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Well here they most likely cannot 'offer' you the job before completion of criminal background and drug testing, the referencing forms part of that (at least in healthcare, where I work)
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So the company applies for references? You don't take references from your previous company to your interview? I'll be doing a load of interviews in October I just presumed I'd take my references with me.
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My experience has been (in California) not being asked for references. The companies have always done background and criminal reference checks, and never asked for specific contact info from previous employers.
When the background checks was government required, it was fingerprint based vs name/DOB based for private checks not mandated by government but required by the company. All the companies I have worked for all had a no-reference policy so they wouldn't provide one anyhow. Closest was HR just providing basic employment info. Date of hire, date of departure, last wage, and eligible for re-hire but no details of performance or opinions from previous managers. |
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Yeah I work for TNT and they do exactly the same kind of thing but I believe they grade punctuality and things like that, maybe. But I was going to get a personal reference from my boss himself just so that it actually says something good about me and he has agreed to do that. Oh well, I will probably just take them both to my interviews anyway, if they want to see them they can and if they don't then no harm done.
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The companies I worked for in and around Silicon Valley would only give information on job title and beginning and end dates. Companies usually check before making an offer.
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Re: Job referencing
Originally Posted by rosemaryw
(Post 11629582)
The companies I worked for in and around Silicon Valley would only give information on job title and beginning and end dates. ......
As a hiring manager I paid very little attention to "personal" references I was given, and AFAIK only HR checked (no more than) the basic "dates of employment" references for people I hired. |
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Before they offer the position
Yes, I have experienced that After they offer the position Yes, I have experienced that Or no referencing at all No, I have never experienced that Bottom line is there is no 'Norm". I have taken to specifying exactly when and where I expect references to be contacted as part of the post-interview HR follow-up where this question typically arises. It has worked so far.... |
Re: Job referencing
Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated
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So just to clarify something, when I get offered a job the company will most likely contact the company I work for here in the UK themselves?
I have worked for the same company my whole life so have never had to do any of this before. Thanks. |
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