Reference Check before interview

Chole

this agency is chasing up me for referee contact deteails. I gave him my previous casual job employer's contact. Then he came back to me saying he made a call but couldn't get connected. My previous employer is in imports and exports, so he spends half of his time overseas. Now the agent is asking me for another referee.

I haven't got any contact with the potential employer that he set me up yet. Why is he running a reference check at this early stage?

his reasoning is below

"Understand that however its also important to have them done early as prospective employers will want to see good references"

is this normal??

P.S.: Sorry about typing English, I am on Public Computer....>.<

Thanks~~~

[ 本帖最后由 Chole 于 2011-3-9 17:21 编辑 ]

vbsq

一点点信息，仅供参考。听说过有人是带着reference check report去面试的，第一时间交给雇主看，作为个人工作背景信息的补充，雇主应该会喜欢这些信息的。所以我想中介提前要这，也没有什么不正常的。

edifact

现在中介经常这样做，大概是竞争太激烈了，为了提高命中率

uowzd01

first of all, 99% this agent is wasting your time as he has no real jobs at hand.

secondly, reference check should be the least important thing for an agent (and the last thing to do before offering you the job), he should set you up with the client interview and try to get you pass the interview first.

So in your scenario, either he is not trusting your work experience in the resume, or he has no job therefore nothing to do but hassle your previous and current boss

I have had a job offer without reference check at all

xjyoyo

原帖由 uowzd01 于 2011-3-9 21:53 发表
first of all, 99% this agent is wasting your time as he has no real jobs at hand.

secondly, reference check should be the least important thing for an agent (and the last thing to do before offering  ...

是通过中介介绍拿到的offer吗？中介不是都会做reference check的吗？ 雇主倒不一定。

rebeccamy222

原帖由 uowzd01 于 2011-3-9 21:53 发表
first of all, 99% this agent is wasting your time as he has no real jobs at hand.

secondly, reference check should be the least important thing for an agent (and the last thing to do before offering  ...

说得对。这个中介估计太闲了，找点事做装样子

idontknow

以前我的resume上面都会写refee contact details，后来我发现有些agent和公司真得很不professional，居然在没有征求我同意的情况乱打电话给我以前工作的公司和现在公司的refree，已经有好几个中介这样搞，还有一些公司这样做，搞得全世界都知道我要跳槽，很被动， 从那以后我就把refree contact 从resume上撤下来， 等他们什么什么时候需要我再给。

原帖由 vbsq 于 9-3-2011 14:22 发表
一点点信息，仅供参考。听说过有人是带着reference check report去面试的，第一时间交给雇主看，作为个人工作背景信息的补充，雇主应该会喜欢这些信息的。所以我想中介提前要这，也没有什么不正常的。

Chole

这个中介面试我是12月的事情了，这中间都没有正儿八经地给我介绍工作，每隔2个星期就打个电话问我HOW'S GOING？我觉得他们是在等我现在的位子空出来。

Chole

原帖由 uowzd01 于 2011-3-9 21:53 发表
first of all, 99% this agent is wasting your time as he has no real jobs at hand.

secondly, reference check should be the least important thing for an agent (and the last thing to do before offering  ...

我也是这么想的，所以我决定不理他们了。

CFP®

原帖由 Chole 于 2011-3-10 13:05 发表
这个中介面试我是12月的事情了，这中间都没有正儿八经地给我介绍工作，每隔2个星期就打个电话问我HOW'S GOING？我觉得他们是在等我现在的位子空出来。

My agent is doing same thing. I took the interview with them however didn't proceed further with my application due to salary. They just called now and again from an 'private number' - so annoying.  

Next time I will say - I've made a decision to stay.

乱码

BIG NO! NO! to pre-reference check

sasori

坚决拒绝提前check ref，浪费感情

sasori

just tell them, I am sorry but I cannot let you contact my referee before we reach the final stage

kazaha

不用理这家中介了.

[ 本帖最后由 kazaha 于 2011-3-11 20:23 编辑 ]

Chole

谢谢大家的回复,我把这家中介BLACKLIST了.

esamanda

N年前我还在做CONTRACT的时候， 发现中介在面试我完之后，没几天就出现在我上司的OFFICE里,因为他知道我要找工作准备走人,他就开始介绍人进来。 从那以后我发现AGENT很喜欢问谁是你现在职位manager时,我都很小心回答这问题. CV上绝对不放Referee的信息，工作基本上成了，他们才会开始查的。不过基本上有戏没戏，面试的时候都能感觉的到。