Why do you limit past employment verification to factual matters, instead of asking questions about job performance?
At this time, MJH sticks just to the facts. In the future, we will offer a premium service where we acquire actual reference information about an applicant in addition to dates of employment, job title, and salary. However, qualitative reference questions (such as “Describe the applicant’s strengths”) can be very sensitive matters to past employers and applicants alike. Many employers will provide only factual information and have a policy against reference information. In addition, most prospective employers have their own specific questions when doing reference interviews. In addition, it is difficult to judge the usefulness of third party reference checks. However, just having the verified facts is extremely valuable in a job search. It allows an employer to focus on just the top candidates.
