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Even if a company has a policy of giving bare minimum information, find out a TELEPHONE NUMBER of someone in that company who knows your candidate and start a c
by mfringel 14y ago
Even if a company has a policy of giving bare minimum information, find out a TELEPHONE NUMBER of someone in that company who knows your candidate and start a conversation.
So, now you're going to get someone who is dumb enough to respond to what could conceivably be a social engineering call, and asking them for personal information about a third party.
I can see no way that this will end up with useful and/or actionable information.
- tokenadult 14y agoI can see no way that this will end up with useful and/or actionable information. You haven't actually done this. As I mentioned in my parent comment to your comment, I actually have. That was very helpful to the public school district where I was serving as a community volunteer for knowing which superintendent candidate to hire. By the way, the personnel director of our public school district reported to the school board last year that when teachers leave the employment of the district, he almost NEVER hears reference check telephone calls, which he would be happy to answer, from any subsequent employer of those teachers. He thinks that is seriously weird. Don't people want to be careful when they hire teachers of young children?
- numbsafari 14y agoYes, that's why they have criminal background checks performed and are licensed by the state. The risk of a defamation lawsuit is a very serious and real thing.