Let’s say you’ve just hired a Controller for your business. You’re giving this person responsibility over your company’s entire financial operation - cash management, banking, client receivables…the whole enchilada. You’re excited, because you’re finally freeing yourself up to focus on the things that you should be focusing on in order to grow your business.
The problem [...]
In Part 1 of “How to Conduct a Reference Check,” we covered some basic principles of conducting a reference check. The “must-do’s” of reference checking, if you will. Here in Part 2, I’ll tell you exactly what questions to ask, and why.
A reference check call should take no more then 20 minutes, barring some unforeseen revelation that merits a [...]
It’s the step that 90% of all entrepreneurs and business managers fail to complete during their hiring process: the reference check. If you’re sitting there reading this and are one of those managers that never conducts reference checks, I want you slap yourself across the face, promise yourself “never again will I fail to conduct [...]