Be selective when choosing your referees within reason and be transparent with whoever is conducting the references. See if you can get their personal contact details so that you can stay in touch.
In the age of LinkedIn, Facebook and Google, most people can be tracked down. Reluctance to provide a referee from a certain role can raise alarm bells!
What about written references? Written references can be a good addition to your application, but many employers will expect to be able to complete a verbal reference rather than rely on a piece of paper. Executive Recruitment , Job Interviews.
What You Need to Know as a Referee. Is she flexible? Some organizations are collaborative, while others are more competitive. Some are long-term oriented; others are more short-term oriented. Before Brian made the calls, he asked everyone on the team who interviewed Richard for their feedback. From there, Brian asked specific, open-ended questions that he thought would shed light on how Richard would perform in the new environment.
For instance, he asked for examples of situations when Richard had to meet a tight deadline without direct supervision and times when he had to make independent decisions.
Brian wrapped up both reference calls with his two standard questions: Where do you think the candidate could improve? I would appreciate a few minutes of your time. Pat then described the specifics of what Jane would be doing at XenoPsi. Can you tell me a story of when Jane did something similar at your organization?
I said I was looking for someone who got personal satisfaction from making colleagues successful. He also told Pat that Jane had formed strong relationships throughout the organization. You have 1 free article s left this month. You are reading your last free article for this month. Subscribe for unlimited access. Create an account to read 2 more.
Click to expand Jeff knows David in the capacity of student. To my Chinese ear, either Jeff or David is the student, which is rather ambiguous. You're changing the question.
I'm just somewhat expanding the original question. But it is still very much related to it. Language is for communication and if it's ambiguous we change it And it is a different question because you've changed from titles or roles -- which are easily identifiable -- to names, which are not. Plus everything up to now has been a question and you're making a statement. Thank you Copyright! Now stick to the example statement in my post 8.
To make the statement unambiguous, should I rephrase something like: In the capacity of student, Jeff knows David. It suggests Jeff is the student. It suggests David is the student. Does the writing above make any sense? What are your suggestions? My suggestion is that you not get hung up on a single word like "capacity," which is not particular natural here. Remember my comment about communication -- with clear communication being a worthy goal.
I can't agree with any sentence that has the reader rushing to WordReference to ask what it means.
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