Linked in has launched a new function for Reference Search. Reference Search is useful when you need more information about potential employees, employers, and business partners. Just enter company names and the years the person worked at each company. Your search will find the people in your network who can provide professional references for your candidate.
Reference Search will be handy when a job searcher wants information about a future boss. Guy Kawasaki has a catchy title for his post, LinkedIn and the Art of Avoiding an Asshole Boss. He connects the Reference Search with Bob Sutton’s book, The No Asshole Rule.
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I have been intrigued by the problem of how to avoid accepting a new job in a jerk-infested organization, and I think I’ve found an excellent and unique way to avoid this costly and painful problem.
I just finished developing a website called http://www.ebosswatch.com that allows people to rate their current or former boss so that people who are considering a job change can search for bosses at potential workplaces and can receive reports detailing the ratings that each boss has received.
Bob Sutton, author of the best-selling book The No Asshole Rule, has called eBossWatch “fantastic, a great idea.” I hope this helps some of you avoid working with jerks.