D ear Readers, What Will Your Former Boss Say About You To A Prospective Employer? This is a book about job reference checking results. Will they be in your favor? Or will a mediocre, poor or bad reference cause you to lose that perfect job offer? More specifically, it is about how you – a prospective job candidate at some point in your life – will go about verifying what your former employers will say about you to prospective new employers. It will also discuss why this is vitally important to you, and to any job seeker – for if you do have a “bad apple in your reference barrel,” you may go many years before you gain new employment. At Allison & Taylor, Inc. we know what we speak about in this book. Our organization has more than 36 years conducting reference checks on behalf of job seekers, more than any other comparable organization. While many job seekers take comfort in organizational policies/mantras stating that their former employer “will only confirm employment dates and title,” Allison & Taylor, Inc. has long since learned an uncomfortable truth. It is this: Countless organizations violate this policy daily. How do we know this? Because fully half of the thousands of reference checks conducted by our organization reveal some form of negative input offered by the references we contact. While former supervisors are the primary offenders, even Human Resources personnel frequently offer commentary that has been the “kiss of death” to many a job seeker. This book will tell you how to identify whether you have a toxic reference(s). Equally important, it will discuss the remedial actions you can take if an unfavorable reference is identified. So, read on – the knowledge you learn will be vital to ensuring that your promising career opportunities aren’t derailed by a past employer. The career you save may very well be your own!
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