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Never Fake Your References

February 17, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in References

Now this is something that I don’t want to catch ANYONE doing. I read an article on CNN the other day called Should you fake your job references? It talks about a company called CareerExcuse.com, which specializes in faked references. To me, faking a reference is as low a point as you can get in [...]

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Grad To Great’s 3 R’s of Networking

December 29, 2009  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in References

I love this article. The Three R’s of Networking for Grads is a great example of how Networking can be boiled down into very simple goals. In an ideal world, you would strive to get one of the following three “R’s” out of your references: Referral Recommendation Reference You need to ensure that you keep [...]

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Why References Still Matter

November 29, 2009  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in References

There has been some debate recently about whether or not candidate references matter. In fact, a recent article on CNN called Do references really matter? explores this issue. One quote from this piece caught my eye: Harsh [an employer] agrees that when he receives a resume with references attached, he gives them virtually no weight. [...]

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