I Issue 8. This publication is a free service produced by Xukor Employment Screening for the business community and is dedicated to all those great corporations, without whose unwitting assistance, these newsletters could never be written. Xukor tells you the difference between shadow and substance.
References are certainly the sum and substance surrounding the good and bad of one's career.
All are very good questions, and for the doer of the task, a very definite cloak of responsibility. Like any other task, it will help if you can organize what you need to know in advance, and direct the questions at the proper level of authority. Generally, the referencing of a candidate will be divided into several several categories, depending the level of responsibility. Secondly, an endless list of quantifiable and qualifiable questions should be asked, in order to determine the level of competence the candidate had previously achieved. References, like babies, come in various sizes, shapes, colors and forms.