Quintessential Careers Content Index: References, Screenings

Quintessential Careers Content Index:
References, Recommendations, Background Checks, Pre-Employment Screenings

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Employment Background Checks: Minimize Skeletons that Employers Might Find
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, Jan. 11
Summary: The issues for candidates include how to prepare for background checks and how to handle them. In this article, experts from background-checking and related firms explain.

Handling Pre-Employment Screenings and Assessments
By: Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2010, Jan. 11
Summary: Employers are increasingly using pre-screening and assessment techniques early in the interviewing process typically after one or more initial phone screenings and before the first face-to-face interview or between the first and second interview. This article tells how to handle them.

How to Obtain and Use References and Recommendation Letters
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2003, Oct. 13
Summary: As a job-seeker, one of your most important assets is your stock of professional references. Both letters and phone recommendations can elevate a good candidate to a top choice and drop a good candidate down to the no-longer-considered pile. This article tells you how you manage your recommendations carefully to leverage them in the best possible way.

Tips for Writing Stellar Letters of Recommendation
By: Maureen Crawford Hentz
Published: 2003, Oct. 13
Summary: The most important rule in writing letters of recommendation is to just say no if you can't write a glowing letter. It is difficult to say no to an eager job-searcher and will require all of your best assertiveness skills, but it is better for the searcher to know that you can't effectively endorse him/her. This article explains.

References What You Do not Know Can Hurt You
By: Susan Oliver
Published: 2003, Oct. 13
Summary: Check your references in advance, get copies of any formal evaluations in your file and request copies of all letters of recommendation before you send your resume. This article tells more.

References The Keys to Choosing and Using the Best Job References in Your Job Search
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, April 29
Summary: This article aims to help you see the importance and value of choosing the "right" people to be references, by providing examples of how to develop a references page, and by offering you other keys to using references strategically in your job search.

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Quintessential Careers Content Index: References, Recommendations, Background Checks, Pre-Employment Screenings

Our comprehensive Content Index enables you to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets related to references, recommendations, background checks, and pre-employment screenings topics.

Quintessential Careers Content Index:
References, Recommendations, Background Checks, Pre-Employment Screenings