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when hiring new employees it's essential that you conduct reference checks to make sure that the information you have is valid I'll talk about the key elements of reference checking in this video conducting reference checking will validate that the information you've collected through the resumes and the interview process is actually true however it's often difficult today to get employers to actually give you references so how do you go about getting valid references not just the references that have been prearranged by the employee you should actually conduct your interviews with reference checking in mind in fact Brad smart of top grading suggests that you asked performance-based questions that will elicit specific details about how the person performed certain functions or crucial functions in their job so that you can validate that with the reference he also recommends that you let the candidate know throughout the interview process you remind them that they that you will be validating the information with their references a good example of a performance-based question of a salesperson who claims he attended conferences to do prospecting would be describe or give an example of one of the conference's you attended what was your goal prior to the conference in terms of prospecting and what was the outcome of it how many leads did you get how many of those leads did you turn into prospects they something of that nature this forces the candidate to describe in detail what was accomplished so it shows you not only how conscious they are of setting goals for accomplishment but also details what were the actual accomplishments you take note of this and then you can use that to validate with their references after the first interview I determine who are my final candidates and then I have them take some tests or assessments skill-based testing would be relative to the essential skills in the job perhaps operating a software program something like that and I use a skill for that I'll put a link to them in the description in this video this will validate what level of skill somebody has in let's say for example Word or Excel I also use the profile xt assessment which is a total person assessment and gives me a much better picture of the person when the person is is in an interview we're only seeing what the person is showing of course the better we are questioning the more we can bring out of that person but generally there's just a lot we don't see it's called the iceberg effect where 10% of the iceberg is above the water and 90% is below so the profile XT is a total person assessment where it measures their thinking style their behavioral traits and their motivational interests but it also matches them to a performance model which is customized for each company in each position I tend to base my decision 1/3 on the resume 1/3 on the interview and 1/3 on assessments once I have my final information I'll then do the reference checking Brad smart suggests having the candidate arrange the interviews it's often very hard to reach employers today but if the candidate calls them and arranges for them to receive your call it's much easier so what are the questions you ask this is crucial that you prepare yourself for the reference checking and again if you've used performance-based questioning during the interview process then you'll plan your questions accordingly to validate that information here's a few that you can ask what were the person's main responsibilities when he or she was hired and later what were the person's strengths and weaknesses how did the person perform in comparison to his or her colleagues why did this person leave your company and here's one of my favorite would you employ this person again why so like anything else how you conduct the process is crucial to the results you're gonna get reference checking is crucial for hiring top performers ask performance-based questions remind the candidate that you will be validating the information provided with their references have the candidates set up the meetings for you and do your research plan your interviews thanks for listening leave a comment and we'll talk again soon I hope you find these tips useful here's some videos that are related that you can watch right now subscribe to our channel to get news of new videos as they come out thanks for listening and talk again soon