Reference Check Letter
[Company letterhead]
[Date]
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_____________________________________
_____________________________________
Re:__________________________________
Dear_________________
:
A former employee of your company,____________________________ , has applied for a position with our company. As part of interview process, we are hereby requesting background information from you on this employee. He/she has given us permission to request such information from you [and a copy of such request is attached hereto.]
Please provide us the following information concerning this former employee:
Dates of employment
Positions held
Responsibilities
Salary and bonus while employed
Whether the employee was terminated for cause
Any other information that would be relevant in our hiring decision
Thank you for your consideration. We will need this information as soon as possible, and thus we would appreciate a faxed response to the undersigned by fax (Fax no: ( )__________).