Checking references is a routine part of the employment process. Yet, the actual steps involved in the process vary widely from company to company. A survey of 2,640 companies by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) revealed a lack of standardization. According to SHRM, about 81% of companies will verify the accuracy of your last employment and 57% will confirm that your title was correctly reported. About 44% of human resource departments will check criminal records, while only 28% actually will check your driving record.

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