If you are wondering if your former employer will find out that you are checking job references, the answer is - absolutely not. At no time do we reveal who has hired us to check references.
We check references for companies, attorneys and numerous other clients. Ninety-nine (99%) of the employers we call for job references do not ask anything about who we are. This is hard to believe and every day it also shocks us at the willingness of individuals to divulge confidential information about former employees. Approximately fifty (50%) of the job references we receive are poor to bad. Obviously these clients are having a difficult time finding a job and bad job references are more than likely the reason. This makes it very important that you check references first.