Pick one: reference checks suck, or they are the perfect scam.

Even though everyone uses them, there is no corporate evidence that reference checks identify great hires or that they screen out weak candidates. So it’s important to pay attention to the few public critics of this reference-checking process.

More Flaws That Make Reference Checking Ineffective

It’s a fact that the average new-hire failure rate is 46%. I estimate that at least 1/3 of those