10-23-2007, 10:32 PM
I've had about 30 students work for me here in our university language lab and have had the same problem. Some were stars, some were duds. I always try to stay positive, in some cases just barely, others I gush, if they deserve it.
I don't sweat it. I think phone references are vastly overrated anyway for getting a potential employee's track record, but the HR people have to do something. If they hire a dud who worked for you and you gave a glowing reference, your experience with that former employee was stellar, right?
I don't sweat it. I think phone references are vastly overrated anyway for getting a potential employee's track record, but the HR people have to do something. If they hire a dud who worked for you and you gave a glowing reference, your experience with that former employee was stellar, right?