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Post by zepplin on Jun 3, 2014 16:36:46 GMT -5
I have a doozie of a former employer who is not presently in the mood to give me a favorable reference. Though this could change at any time. How important is a bad reference? If he stick s to answering the script I could be ok. But ad hominem attacks aren't out of the question.
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Post by privateatty on Jun 3, 2014 16:48:23 GMT -5
This issue has been raised and answered in the past and can be found with a search. The short answer is that the contractors are aware of this scenario and it has been presumed that they have been schooled in same. Further, it has been postulated that one bad review, particularly if there are "ad hominenem attacks" or verbiage of shall I say, a subjective nature steeped in rancor, well, that will be either ignored or weighed against the (presumably) more favorable reviews.
Obviously, there is no formula here and the process does not lend itself to precision; however, this is a trade like any other that these callers practice and one has to have faith.
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Post by cat on Jun 11, 2014 10:20:12 GMT -5
Am I prone to panic? Yes. Tell me whether I'm overreacting. I interviewed last week and have a mixed feeling about my answers. About 40% of my references were checked late last week and one on Monday. Then no more. Anything I should be worrying about?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2014 10:30:51 GMT -5
Am I prone to panic? Yes. Tell me whether I'm overreacting. I interviewed last week and have a mixed feeling about my answers. About 40% of my references were checked late last week and one on Monday. Then no more. Anything I should be worrying about? It took between 3 and 4 weeks for SSA's contractor to make contact with all of my references.
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Post by futuressaalj on Jun 11, 2014 10:31:45 GMT -5
Am I prone to panic? Yes. Tell me whether I'm overreacting. I interviewed last week and have a mixed feeling about my answers. About 40% of my references were checked late last week and one on Monday. Then no more. Anything I should be worrying about? This is a crazy process with a lot of anxiety built in and anything out of the ordinary can cause one to hit the panic/alarm button. I am one of the worry worts myself. If the norm is to check 100% of the references then only 40% reference checks would be a cause for alarm but I could swear that I read on here that some folks do not get all of their references check while some do. I surmise if I was an insider and my GS, HOD, HOCALJ, RCALJ all said I walked on water and then no other references were checked, I would not worry. Its also unknown if the contractor gets paid for making an assessment and recommendation (which might not require all references to be called) or if they are required to call all references listed.
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Post by 71stretch on Jun 11, 2014 11:19:24 GMT -5
Am I prone to panic? Yes. Tell me whether I'm overreacting. I interviewed last week and have a mixed feeling about my answers. About 40% of my references were checked late last week and one on Monday. Then no more. Anything I should be worrying about? No. Quite often, all references are not contacted. There's no particular pattern to when, how many, in what order. It's not something to worry about. They may all ultimately be contacted, or they may not.
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Post by cat on Jun 11, 2014 15:02:22 GMT -5
Thanks for the responses. Shortly after I posted, another reference said he spoke with the contractor yesterday. He was at a conference last week and had a message. I can't speak for two others, who have gone MIA this week. One stated he was not called and would let me know the minute he was called.
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