References answer per claim, so before you invite anyone, make sure the position and the claims you want confirmed exist on your profile. Then:
- Go to your references list in the app and choose “New invite” (it lives at /app/references/new).
- Enter the reference’s email address.
- Pick the positions and claims you want them to answer about — only claims they actually saw. A focused invite gets better answers.
- Say how you worked together: they were your manager, a peer, a report, or a client.
- Optionally add a short personal note. It appears in the invite email and helps them recognize you.
- Send. The reference gets an email with a private link and can answer in about five minutes, with no account and no password.
After you send
You can watch the invite’s status — sent, opened, answered — from your references list at /app/references, and resend or revoke it from the same place.
Invites expire after 14 days. If one expires before your reference gets to it, just send a fresh one.