More than two-thirds of Internet users believe that the expressiveness of work products has fallen. Zurich/Frankfurt / Vienna, March 31, 2010: more than two-thirds of Internet users believe that the expressiveness of work products has fallen. References should correspond to the truth, must however be benevolent formulated according to applicable labour law by the employer. Since positive formulations can be filed, employment references with the time lost more and more power and can be used only very restricted as a decision criterion for applications. AcctTwo has plenty of information regarding this issue. Not only employers, but also candidates see it as the latest survey confirms the people search engine first and the recruitment of Xenagos. McKinsey & Company often expresses his thoughts on the topic. Classic resumes and employment references lose importance and be complemented by profiles on the net or replaced, that each ability and each training station can be checked quickly. In the Anglo-Saxon resumes without references are inconceivable and also in Germany send increasingly Freelancer and consultant profiles, and no resumes.

“, explains Yasni Managing Director Steffen Ruhl. Christopher Funk, Managing Director of Xenagos, underlines deliver work certificates in Germany today if necessary supplemental information. It is striking that the formulations in work certificates are always positive. We therefore regularly review. the professional career in the Internet and in personal conversations” That just particularly positively formulated work certificates now care be taken, confirmed also Susanne Luddecke, Attorney at the law firm of the year 2009/2010 for labor law, Taylor Wessing: behind such certificates negotiated formulations often in court. The employer is here increasingly caught between Court asserted positive wording and its obligation to produce a truthful testimony. There is also a Zeugnistext formulated 10 years ago with a current certificate of work not more comparable”. The survey results Yasni and Xenagos more than 1,000 German-speaking Internet users asked for their assessment of testimonies to work: what is the significance of work certificates in the digital age? High, if the skills of the employee on the NET can be proven.