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He had three clients of ours checking his references at the same time.He came in second on every job opportunity..which isn&#8217;t bad becasue every company&#8217;s #2 is someone else&#8217;s #1.A<\/p>\n<p>But by the time he got on &#8220;third base&#8221; with another company, they needed to check his references.<\/p>\n<p>Well, one of the guys he had given simply got tired of giving a reference and wouldn&#8217;t return the calls of the potential employer.He just ignored the request. In fact, he wouldn&#8217;t return the candidate&#8217;s call to find out why he all of a sudden wouldn&#8217;t give a reference. Not only was it embarrassing for the candidate, but it really made him look less than what he said he was. He scrambled to get two others.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time this kind of thing is happened. Every professional would like to help another professional and certainly don&#8217;t mind doing it when it comes to references. It&#8217;s one of those &#8220;you scratch my back and I&#8217;ll scratch your back&#8221; kinds of things. 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