Saturday, October 08, 2005

Dilbert on checking references

Privacy laws and a fear of other forms of liability have caused many companies to stop giving references about former employees. Some HR folks have their own way around that ....

The legal way around all this is for the hiring company to get a written consent that not only allows it to check references but also stands as written authority for anybody with relevant information to disclose it to the company. Or you can just talk about the weather ...

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