> The way you wrote it, it seemed you were going to just call the employee's current manager.
I wrote, "Checking references is one of the last things we do and insist that one be their a [sic] current manager". I thought that made it clear we ask the candidate for references and that one be their current manager.
> The reference call almost guarantees the person will lose his current job.
Not everyone is like you, I wouldn't fire someone for applying for a job. If you wouldn't fire someone for it either, why do you assume almost every manager is not like you or me and would fire them?
> There's expectations of privacy that go with job-hunting
But by giving me consent to call your manager, that expectation is gone.
Take it with a grain of salt but this post [0] addresses "outing" a candidate.
Q: can a prospective employer tip off my boss that I’m job-searching?
A: It’s legal, but it’s really, really crappy.
I wrote, "Checking references is one of the last things we do and insist that one be their a [sic] current manager". I thought that made it clear we ask the candidate for references and that one be their current manager.
> The reference call almost guarantees the person will lose his current job.
Not everyone is like you, I wouldn't fire someone for applying for a job. If you wouldn't fire someone for it either, why do you assume almost every manager is not like you or me and would fire them?
> There's expectations of privacy that go with job-hunting
But by giving me consent to call your manager, that expectation is gone.
Take it with a grain of salt but this post [0] addresses "outing" a candidate.
Q: can a prospective employer tip off my boss that I’m job-searching? A: It’s legal, but it’s really, really crappy.
[0] http://www.askamanager.org/2013/01/can-a-prospective-employe...