Unfair References

[Dave A]

When I interview prospects, I have some difficulty in putting too much store on what the prospect's current employer has to say.

Too glowing a reference I have to ask myself - "Is this employer trying to move a problem employee onto me?"

Too derogatory a reference and the question is - "Is the current employer trying to disuade me from hiring this person because they don't won't to lose him/her?"

I reckon ex-employers are a far more reliable indicator of what you might be getting.

[Dave S]

When I interview prospects, I have some difficulty in putting too much store on what the prospect's current employer has to say.

Too glowing a reference I have to ask myself - "Is this employer trying to move a problem employee onto me?"

Too derogatory a reference and the question is - "Is the current employer trying to disuade me from hiring this person because they don't won't to lose him/her?"

I reckon ex-employers are a far more reliable indicator of what you might be getting.

Of course you are quite right, I too look at the references from previous employers rather than the current.

But it is all the refrences combined that actually paint the picture that one wants to see, otherwise we are just consentrating on the artists brushstrokes and not seeing the picture he had in mind.