Wonderful advice from the community here. I always defer providing references as long as possible. There have been a number of occasions when I thought the out

Wonderful advice from the community here. I always defer providing references as long as possible. There have been a number of occasions when I thought the outside recruiter wanted to make the reference calls because they wanted to make sure a weak reference wouldn't interfere with them making the sale. The hiring HR is happy for the recruiter to do the legwork. The recruiter makes sure their candidate is accepted.