There are indeed many bogus things, but I do like the idea of an opt-in vs opt-out email. Reference checks, as they exist today, are useless. Doing them as an

There are indeed many bogus things, but I do like the idea of an opt-in vs opt-out email. Reference checks, as they exist today, are useless. Doing them as an opt-in email at least gives you a small chance of getting some signal. No, you can't use it to sort them into your A-B-C rock star instant hire buckets. But it's a signal. Signals are good.