One of the most critical moments for a search committee, and one of the more perilous for an applicant, is when it gathers information from people who are not on the candidate’s list of references. I ...

Reference letters come in many different shapes and forms, so don’t think that one size fits all. I’ve written in the past about how to request reference letters in different situations, be it from ...

If you’re a dean or a department head evaluating a job candidate, should you call someone you know who works with the applicant, or used to? Someone who is not listed as a reference on the candidate’s ...