Comments on: Protect Yourself When Writing References http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/protect-yourself-when-writing-references/ Young Entrepreneur Forums - your online discussion forum to share and talk about Entrepreneurship. A place to learn and to help others with starting, managing and growing successful business ventures. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Jason Markow http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/entrepreneur-university/protect-yourself-when-writing-references/comment-page-1/#comment-4235 Jason Markow Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:07:40 +0000 http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/?p=2264#comment-4235 Some good tips here. I have a great example of an individual who did worse than anything on the list. Two days ago, one of the companies I work for was checking references on a candidate. The final reference was on the phone offering rave reviews up until the end. The guy on the phone felt it would be appropriate to end the conversation with the line "If things don't work out with (candidate) I am actually looking for a new position as well". No Joke. The applicant was still offered the job, and it may be an extremely rare circumstance, but it just goes to show that both sides of the reference need to be careful. Some good tips here. I have a great example of an individual who did worse than anything on the list.

Two days ago, one of the companies I work for was checking references on a candidate. The final reference was on the phone offering rave reviews up until the end. The guy on the phone felt it would be appropriate to end the conversation with the line “If things don’t work out with (candidate) I am actually looking for a new position as well”.

No Joke.

The applicant was still offered the job, and it may be an extremely rare circumstance, but it just goes to show that both sides of the reference need to be careful.

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