Timeline for Is it normal to ask selected job candidates for a reference from their current boss
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| Feb 1, 2017 at 13:10 | comment | added | CMaster | In the UK it's not common, it's the absolute norm. Almost all jobs offers are dependent on references. However, there's normally no requirement that the reference is from any specific individual, or even the immediately preceding job. Many companies for legal reasons now just give "factual" references from HR. IE: "Candidate X was employed for position Y from dd/mm/yyyy to DD/MM/YYYY (or present if still employed) The reference request normal arrives after notice is given (With 1 month notice being pretty much the minimum, and 6 months not unheard of for senior positions) | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 14:05 | history | edited | Ander Biguri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 31, 2017 at 11:45 | comment | added | Ander Biguri | @Lilienthal Im from mainland EU and this never happens in my country. I was also surprised when I saw that this is relatively common in the UK | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 11:33 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | Is this UK-specific then? I've certainly never heard of it in mainland Europe and by all accounts it's just as rare (and frowned upon) in the US. | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 11:03 | comment | added | CJM | @Lilienthal - As per my own answer below, I'm with Ander on this. Over 30 years of job applications from shelf-stacking in a supermarket to technical and management positions, this has ALWAYS been the case. As far as I can recall, I'm talking about 100% of the time. | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 10:56 | comment | added | Ander Biguri | @Lilienthal I think in the UK, seeing that most of my friends got this, from a simple admin job to a engineering PhD level job, id say that it is at leas somewhat common. Again, a lot of the references are no more than "this person worked here", thus it is more reaasonable | |
| Jan 31, 2017 at 9:18 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | I'll grant that it can happen like this, where you have an offer "conditional on a final reference check" with your current manager, but I strongly disagree that it's common. In places where actual contracts are the norm the employee does have some protection in this scenario but it's still a very strange and really inappropriate request to make. | |
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| Jan 30, 2017 at 14:06 | history | answered | Ander Biguri | CC BY-SA 3.0 |