Telltale signs that employee reference is fake

[Augusta]

Some would be employees present references on their resume that are fake. As an employer you can detect this by using these telltale signs to “out” fake references:

Vague information, the information is always too vague:as the reference just give general answers that gloss over specific questions as they might not really know the person's enough

Give more personal information, The reference gives information that is more personal:than work related especially if it is written by a family member

Information difference, the person presented for reference has a different online information. This is when the reference information about self don't align with information on online sources like LinkedIn and Google searches. it can come from a colleague and not the past boss.

 

[moonchild]

Nowadays there are different ways you can verify information online, most people are online so you can know before hand if you're dealing with a fake person or a real person, depending on the information you have, whatever name they give, input it online and see if it corresponds to the one they give you.

Or better still, you can ask for direct contact of their referees and call them to confirm what they said, by doing this you've blocked any door for lying or using fake information on the job application.

Beside any employee using a fake referee is definitely a charlatan.

 

[Etini]

I think some organisations just ask you to drop the contacts of your referees and the organisation goes ahead to make contacts with the referees by themselves. Some people are so good with faking everything that they can even referee themselves. It is important that organisations take proactive measures to verify every reference person submitted by a potential employee, so that it have staff with solid referees that they can look back on and stay responsible within the organisation.