Sally Redux

He/she's not ready to move yet, and I think the new employer would want to check references directly.

Br1t1sh

That was a bit of

dunroving

That's odd, I've got someone on the MBTTUK forum telling me that sarcasm was supposed to be funny.

jmood

I don't think so. Last year I was asked (by the same company) for 2 bosses, at least 3 direct reports and 3 peers.

sir_eccles

I suppose it depends on whether they want a job reference or a personal reference. If I went to my current job and asked for a reference I would probably get the aforementioned "he works here" reference. I have on occasion known of companies who ask for personal references that require logging in to an online thing and answering set questions.

H Bomb

What about CVs? UI was always led to believe US style 'resumes' included a photo at the top - is this still the case? Or has this been removed for fear of discrimination?

BunnyGirl

Oh God, I hope not, I hate having my photo taken

Beaverstate

I am not aware of a photo on a resume, it would show too much info obvious during an interview.

Such as approximate age, possible sex, and race.

Bob

That's the norm if they give a reference at all. Dates of employment and title.

Don't worry about it.

thinbrit

I'm currently recruiting, and I was able to weed out two candidates simply by 'Googling' their email address. It amazes me what people are willing to post online these days.

sir_eccles

Question, does googling a candidate expose the recruiter to potentially discriminating information such as age, race, disability, sex etc?

Pulaski

I certainly wouldn't Google candidates on my work computer.

jmood

Why not? Reference checking, background checking, citation checking, publication checking. Those are all legit activities. If the check also brings up other info on age/gender/sexual orientation, hey you can't control what the search engine trawled through and brought up.

Pulaski

(i) it's prohibited by HR
(ii) all information considered during the hiring process MUST be documented and archived by HR
(iii) information obtained other than by a formal background check might not be reliable

Please note I did state " .... on my work computer." Emphasis added.

jmood

Do you work for the government, or some such highly regulated sector? I wasn't aware of such strict HR policies anywhere.