title: Reference checking: don't get lost in the translation.
abstract: Reference checking these days has gotten to be a real challenge. Assuming you can get somebody to talk to you, it's often a game of cat-and-mouse to get to the truth. Employers are becoming so careful (and fearful of litigation) that what they often will say is difficult to interpret.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007586:Job Application; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States