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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
which questions can a potential employer ask to employers.
What are the questions that a new employer can ask your old employer? Can they get into reasons why you left or is that not allowed?
I am under the impression that they can ask these questions..
A) What dates did this person work for you
Would you hire them again.
are there others I am not aware of. TIA. Its for a job in Virginia. My michigan employer would be getting the call. Not sure if that makes a difference.
Re: which questions can a potential employer ask to employers.
Here are the reference questions my companys asks...
1) Can you give me your overall impression of (your name)?
2) How long have you known (your name)? In what capacity, work, personal? Did this candidate report to you?
3) What were (your name) responsibilities in the group?
4 What are her strengths?
5) How would you compare her skills to her peers?
6) What is your understanding as to why she is no longer works with the company OR why does she want to leave?
7) If you had an opportunity to work with her again, would you?
8) Is there anything you'd like to share?
Good luck!
Future employer can ask anything they want, doesn't mean they will get a response.
We will ask dates of employment, title, how would they rate your work performance, reason for leaving and if they are rehire eligible. Every once in a while we will get a bad reference on someone saying they wouldn't hire that person again for anything and neither should we. I love those references because they save us such a headache in gaining a potential loser employee.
I'm curious why you're asking. Did you leave an employer on bad terms?
This is correct. A prospective employer can ask anything they want, but most companies have strict policies on the information they will release on former employees because of the risk of a defamation suit. Most companies stick by the rule that they will verify employment dates, title, and rate of pay. This is the reason it is always good to get the name of someone that is willing to give a good reference from a former employer so that that person can be called directly.
This. Another reason for this is because potential employers have a lot more flexibility in what they ask applicants, such as asking for copies of official performance evaluations. When I became a manager this was surprising to me, but it is not illegal. Basically, companies recognize that most official references provided by the applicant are BS (i.e. people only provide references of people who will speak highly of them).