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Picking Job References for Background Checks

Job References or Professional References, as they are also known, have increasing become part of the preemployment screening program.    Job references are viable background checks when it comes to ascertaining your employment candidate’s skill sets and character.    Professional reference background checks are also a good way to help determine you job candidate’s managerial skills and his ability to deal with team building and clients.

The Professional Reference Background check can also assist in determining your candidate’s networking capability.  this is especially relevant for sales and marketing candidates as they are reliant on relationships to build and maintain their business.   Clients will work with good sales and marketing people no matter where they go.  They will at least keep the door open to listen to any pitches.  A good reference can provide insight to your employment candidate.   Given the tough economy, a new hire with existent relationships not only can bring can establish business quickly, but generally can generate new business leads as well.

Of course, the job candidate must choose his references wisely.   Not only will they reflect on his skill  ets and ability but on his judgment as well.

Lisa Vaas has posted an excellent article about selecting your references.    It is posted on  Marketing Ladder.   The article is entitled How to Choose Your Job References.  It is loaded with tips, and I suggest that employers as well as job candidates read the article for some insight into the best means of professional reference selection.

Check them out before you hire.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.

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