Salary Negotiations Expert Paul William Barada is president and founder of Barada Associates Inc. in Rushville, Indiana. It is one of the few professional reference-checking services in the United States. Barada Associates' primary service is providing prospective employers with independent and objective assessments of past job performance on candidates for employment, based on extensive telephone conversations with business and professional references.

Barada is also author of Reference Checking for Everyone, and he has authored a number of articles on the subject of reference checking. His articles have appeared in such publications as Nation's Business, Human Resource Executive, the Employment Management Association Journal, Prentice Hall's Manager's Letter, the Indiana Business Magazine and HR Magazine, the publication of the Society for Human Resource Management.

He has also been quoted in such well-known publications as US News & World Report, Dun's Business Month, the New York Times, Time, Forbes, Industry Week, Indianapolis Monthly and the Wall Street Journal. In addition, Barada has authored a weekly commentary on contemporary issues for his hometown newspaper and radio for nearly 20 years.

You can find out more and reach him by visiting Barada Associates Inc.