1.   A senior human resource executive from an industrial service company in Houston said he also tries to recruit the co-workers an applicant supplies for a job reference.

2.   But American never checked his job reference, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

3.   California now requires employers to share the job references they receive with their applicants.

4.   Concern about job references also has popped up.

5.   Earlier this year, David stopped by a music shop run by family friends Joe and Elba Lambert to ask for a job reference.

6.   Employers have warned their managers for years not to provide much information about a former employee when a prospective employer calls for a job reference.

7.   Fearing defamation lawsuits, most employers refuse to give job references, or simply give neutral or favorable ones to everybody.

8.   Obviously, it is essential to take a thorough work history, use competency questions and take job references.

9.   Membership in the Young Communists once promised a network of contacts and job references.

10.   She also was found guilty of forging job references and handling a stolen bank card, but was acquitted of stealing the card.