😓 My candidate lost his verbal offer because of reference check:

The importance of having good referees!!!!!!!

I wanted to share a case that happened to me and my candidate

And reiterated the importance of having good referees and reputation in your career 💼 

📑 Even though it is more common that we see employees suing their employers for being made redundant, 

I still think it is wise to maintain a good relationship with your ex-employers and not burn the bridges.

⏳ A year ago, my candidate passed all 6 rounds of interviews and was put to background check and reference check 

📢 Verbal offer was released on the condition of clear credit check and good reference check

My candidate provided 2 referees whom he thought would say good things about him to my client.

My client performed the reference check and immediately rescinded the verbal offer.

💡 Turned out:

One of the referees made a negative comment about my candidate and hence making him lose out on a great opportunity

🙋‍♀️ 🔊 Lessons Learnt:

- Remember to pick your referees wisely

- Your referees might say good things about you in front of you

- But you might want to have others or recruiters to check whether it is true or not (My fault for not doing a reference check for him again before proceeding to client)

- Never burn bridges 🌉 

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