I know I’ve asked this before somewhere, but is LinkedIn helpful to you in the job search as well as connecting with others?
At companies I’ve worked at, I’ve heard of instances where HR recruiters and other recruiters do reference checks through connections *they have* at companies where the applicant worked prior, or a mutual company at a period in time.
I know this sounds like a lot of work, but if something undesirable on the part of an applicant comes out, I don’t see how the applicant stands a stance at exploring new employment / opportunities elsewhere, at all. Now I know this happens because I’ve had recruiters specifically tell me it does, but I feel as though LinkedIn is a license for most folks to bad mouth potential applicants.
Has anyone else ever experienced this or think they have experienced it? It’s really hard to tell if one’s experienced it or not though because it’s usually through the hiring manager or recruiters connection where the feedback would come from versus the references the applicant would provide.
And some may say that this is an illegal practice on the part of hiring managers / recruiters, but who’s ratting them out? I don’t know how they would get caught…? And I don’t care what anyone says but no one, NO ONE, is perfect. This is a concern of mine, and I’ve made mistakes in the past everywhere I’ve worked. As I said, no one is perfect.