Despite how much has changed in terms of how we search for jobs (we’ve come a long way from paging through the local newspaper’s classified ads section) and the hiring process now being largely ...

Job references are important for the employer and the potential employee. Employers typically use references to make hiring decisions and a lack of them can hurt your chances of getting a position. It ...

The practice of asking for a reference is dying out but, as Robert McHenry notes, there are methods of learning about the value of potential hires. Have you ever hired someone and wished later that ...

A 23-year-old has revealed on TikTok that he gave an enthusiastic job recommendation for a stranger, after his number was given as a reference. Perseph, who goes by the username ...

An employer reference that is merely a list of dates and job titles isn’t really a reference at all But, unfortunately, this ‘neutral’ reference is fast becoming the norm, it’s of no real use to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It normally starts with an email. “Hi”, it might brightly begin, even though it comes from someone in your ...

Some people can pay it forward when sitting in line at a drive-thru and others can do so when asked to give a job reference to a complete stranger. Emily, who goes by the username @spamhahee on TikTok ...

A jobseeker in Guernsey who lost out on work due to a reference has won the right to see it. The individual was offered a States job, but that offer was withdrawn after a reference from a previous ...