Answer these questions to start.

The purpose of your attempting to answer the questions listed is to get you thinking about pre-employment referencing clearly. I have put the answers in another section, (ANSWERS), so that you won't be tempted to peek. The answers are subjective, but they come from many years of training others to do the referencing discipline. This page is formatted for you to print it out and write-in the answers. No peeking!

1. How much time do you estimate it takes to reference a person with 10 year's of 
   experience and three former employers?



2. If a reference source is uncooperative, what do you think is the best way to
   proceed?



3. Which persons make the best sources for referencing? List in order of inportance.



4. Who should be responsible for referencing candidates?


5. What do you think is the single most important element in the referencing process?


6. What does the "Report of the Privacy Protection Study Commission, July 1977"
   say?


7. Does referencing really work?


8. Instead of referencing - would it not be simpler and cheaper to polygraph
   everybody? (Explain why, or why not.)


9. What is the value (cost) of referencing to your company or organization?


10. Do you believe testing can be a substitute for referencing? Which tests?


11. Is referencing against the law?




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