To add laser focus to your reference check it makes sense to specify which particular person from the candidate’s professional experience you’d like to have as a reference.
By that, you ensure that candidates do not go around e.g. a manager who might have strong feedback and opinions about them. With the ‘Target Reference’ function, you get the power of a backdoor reference at the consent level of a front door reference.
To specify a reference follow those 3 simple steps:
When setting a reference check’s details, navigate to the ‘Reference type’ section
Next to the reference type you want to specify, click on the ‘Alias (optional)’ field
Specify the reference type by e.g. typing ‘Last Engineering Manager @Meta’
