Verified profiles
Verifiable CV: what makes each claim checkable, and what "verified" never promises
A verifiable CV backs each role with a referee who agreed, records from the time and matching dates. What verified means, and how to build one.
Choosing referees
Your referees can confirm in a few minutes what your CV can only claim. Choosing people who supervised your work, asking their permission and keeping their details up to date makes the final stage of hiring easier for everyone.
These articles help job seekers choose and prepare referees, including when a manager has left the company, when a referee is overseas or not answering, and when a lecturer or placement supervisor is the right choice.
Reference checks
Your referee is not responding and the offer is waiting? What to do before it stalls
Referee not responding to a reference check? What to do in the first 24 hours, a message to send, and other routes to offer before the job offer stalls.
Employment verification
Service letter or reference letter? Ask for the wrong one and your overseas experience may be doubted
Service letter vs reference letter: what each one proves, where a relieving letter fits, and which to ask for before you leave a job to work abroad.
Migrants proving overseas experience
Your new job needs a reference from your overseas employer. Here is how to get a reply in time
Need a reference from an overseas employer? Slow replies can delay an offer. Who to ask, what to send them and what to do when the answer does not come.