| Here is how it happens: You're applying at a bunch of places, some of them being internal referrals from friends of yours. After a while you notice that all of your job applications are fizzling out, so, frustrated, you start asking for feedback (especially since a friend of yours kept getting rejected for talking about SOA instead of RESTful APIs). The answers you get aren't helpful, like "we just felt that you weren't a good fit", and in a couple of cases somewhat antagonistic. Eventually, you hear through the grapevine that you might want to check the references you're using. So, you get your Significant Other to pose as an employer checking your employment history and references, while they record the calls with an app. Guess what? One of your references is actually trashing you, saying you were unreliable and a troublemaker. It also turns out that another reference just blows everyone off and never returns calls. Ta-da! You have a recorded evidence. BIG PROBLEM for the reference that bad-mouthed you. |