Please Advice?

Question

Please Advice?

My question is do most companies call your previous employment if so what kind of things can your past employer say if they call.

Do they talk to HR or your manager?????

Answer 1

I think, by law, they are only allowed to answer 3 questions:
1. Did he/she work there?
2. For how long?
3. Would you rehire he/she?

Answer 2

Yes, they have to talk to your HR or manager. And what they can say depends on the state you reside in. I live in Georgia. I know for a fact from past experiences. The only things they can ask is if you were hard working. If you listened to instructions properly. If you were dependable. If you gave enough notice. Legally they can not go into personal feelings about you and your employment with them. The way they get around that is if they are asked if they would ever hire you back. Hope this helps! :)

Answer 3

By law, the only things that previous employers can do is verify that you did work for the company and employement dates. Anything else, they are not supposed to answer.

Answer 4

it depends on the company policies on who they talk to when they call, i know for me some of the hospitals have a blanket policy that no one except HR may talk to a employer calling to verify, this is becoming a more familiar practice in larger facilities. they can only report facts of your job. dependable, timely, ect. they cannot do anything to you that they could be sued for either in destroying your character or release of personal information not in the employment file. but they can release facts in your file. some facilities also have your violations file confidential and can not release that information- you would have to check your employee contract and the business guidelines for some of these answers. you have to sign a release these days to get a job verified but most want to know general things when they call --not if you slept with your boss--sorry==but you know they cant pass on opinions only facts. The biggest determining question seems to be would you be eligible to be hired back !!

Answer 5

i think in any organisation the duty of the HRM is to recruit, select,develop and reward. The HR manager hardly relate directly with the employees while they are on duty. However, it is the duty of the line managers to keeping constant eye and communication with the employees while they are on and out of duty.

In other words, information about employee performance then passes through the managers to the HRM for consent.

Therefore, it is the responsibility of the managers to give account of their staff working performance.

Answer 6

Unfortunately, they are limited to what they can say which means that it is hard to get an honest answer. The one question they can answer is "Would you hire him again?"