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They checked references & asked for background check authorization, but..
DH works as staff for a university and is a candidate for higher-level position in another department. The new position is basically exactly what he does now, only for graduate-level instead of undergrad.
After a phone interview round, he was one of 3 people to do a day-long interview in early May. He was told that they planned to "wrap things up" by May 20. That week, they called his references, and then came back a week later and asked him to authorize a background check.
He emailed his contact person this past week to follow up, and got a very formal response that went something like, "The process has taken longer than we anticipated due to some unforeseen circumstances and will take two more weeks. We will tell you one way or the other as soon as we know. Until you hear otherwise, consider yourself a viable candidate"
My friend who's an HR assistant tells me that no one ever gets past the references and asks for a background check authorization if they don't plan to extend an offer, but DH and I don't feel so optomistic.
Have you ever heard of someone having their references checked and background authorization done and not getting an offer? If so, what was the reason?
Re: They checked references & asked for background check authorization, but..
Yep, I'd think he's still in the running.
Having served on several university hiring committees, I wouldn't be concerned at all. Prof. X is in Germany for 2 weeks finishing her research, so she can't formally weigh in yet, but person Y has already approved your DH. However, first their Dean has to talk to your Dean and fill out 6 forms that show that his transfer won't cause an undue hardship for the old college while the new one does blahblahblah. THEN you need a final signature from the vice provost, but he has been swamped with paperwork and keeps forgetting and so on and so on....
I agree that he is still a viable candidate. You'd be surprised how many people at my job (which requires a background check) have something come up on it.
Maybe the delay was not in their control.
exactly this.
He's my fairytale, a dream when I'm not sleeping.
<a href="http://s279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/behapybride/?action=viewOh, and not to be a debbie downer, but yes- I have. A former coworker that now works in a different department applied for a position and was one of two final candidates. They checked references for both, background checks were not necessary bc they were both internal candidates within the university. They ended up going with the other candidate and not her.
He's my fairytale, a dream when I'm not sleeping.
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