Comments on: Asking for References http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/12/asking-for-references.html Hiring technical people and being hired can be difficult, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:05:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Alex Aizikivski http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/12/asking-for-references.html/comment-page-1#comment-5017 Alex Aizikivski Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:21:06 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=726#comment-5017 Hi Johanna, First of all thanks for your excellent advises for a job seeker! Last time I was hunting for a job, your Hiring the best book was my major guide (used upside-down so to speak). Now your blog arms me with lots of necessary tools. A question: What do you think of LinkedIn recommendations? What is the best way to combine them with the traditional references? Thanks, Alex Hi Johanna,

First of all thanks for your excellent advises for a job seeker!

Last time I was hunting for a job, your Hiring the best book was my major guide (used upside-down so to speak).
Now your blog arms me with lots of necessary tools.

A question:
What do you think of LinkedIn recommendations? What is the best way to combine them with the traditional references?

Thanks,
Alex

]]> By: HR World » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: References and Tenets http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/12/asking-for-references.html/comment-page-1#comment-5009 HR World » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: References and Tenets Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:39:02 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=726#comment-5009 [...] Hiring Technical People has a really interesting post about references — apparently an acquaintance asked for a reference but being unable to attest how said acquaintance works, HTP said no. All fields are required. Your E-mail will not be published. NAME [...] [...] Hiring Technical People has a really interesting post about references — apparently an acquaintance asked for a reference but being unable to attest how said acquaintance works, HTP said no. All fields are required. Your E-mail will not be published. NAME [...]

]]> By: Jurgen Appelo http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/2008/12/asking-for-references.html/comment-page-1#comment-5003 Jurgen Appelo Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:50:14 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/htp/?p=726#comment-5003 Strangely enough (in my experience) only the worst former employees ask for references. It's as if they know they're not that good and need us to back them up. It actually has made me wary of references in other people's resumés. Strangely enough (in my experience) only the worst former employees ask for references. It’s as if they know they’re not that good and need us to back them up.

It actually has made me wary of references in other people’s resumés.

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