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Originally Posted by masraum
My understanding is that when verifying employment, companies are only allowed to verify "John Doe worked here from date to date in position XYZ." I don't think they are allowed to say if you quit, were laid off, or were fired.
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....true, but don't kid yourself, for higher profile hires everyone checks their network to find out the True Hollywood story on a guy.
I had it once where I called a former colleague of mine about a person who we had some concerns about, even though the resume and interview went fine. I asked him about management skills and whether people liked working for him.
Colleague was quiet for a minute and said, " I will give you a complete list of his management strengths and then hang up".
That was followed by 15 seconds of silence and "click".
'nuff said.
D.