Professional Refernce Check

A Referral check is a potent tool for an employer when a regular pre-employment verification is not desired, especially when a senior level professional is the candidate..

Referral Checks must be resorted to for averting the impact of the deviation of opinion and planning of the candidates, after the selection in the interview. Such referral checks are very convenient and expedient safety measures for the employers.

This stage of the hiring process deserves the most attention from any prospective employer's standpoint. There is too much at stake and a bad hire resulting from a poor or negligent reference check process is sure to spell disaster. From the company's viewpoint, at executive/senior level, a reference check is one of the most useful sources of information about a candidate's past performance, his/her technical and core competencies, his/her soft skills, his/her behavior/character/personality, credibility, relationship skills, people handling skills, time-management etc.

Trusted Support Services Private Limited has experts with vast knowledge and communicative skills to derive meaningful information about the applicant from references.

1. 15% of workers reported that they have listed someone as a reference, but didn't tell that person.

2. 18% of employers said they do contact references when evaluating potential employees. Sixteen percent of these employers will contact references even before they call the candidate for a job interview.

3. 69% percent of employers said they have changed their minds about a candidate after speaking with a reference, with 47% reporting they had a less favorable opinion and 23% reporting they had a more favorable opinion. 31% said references haven't swayed their decisions on a candidate.

29% percent of employers have caught fake references on candidate applications, according to a survey. Additionally, 62 percent said that when they contacted a reference listed on an application, the reference didn't have good things to say about the candidate.