Case Studies

These case studies highlight measurable improvements that are made to critical aspects of customers' hiring processes including:

K–12 Schools Find Better Approach to Reference Checks
SkillSurvey technology offers schools the opportunity to consistently acquire actionable information from a larger set of references without making any phone calls. As a result, school’s HR and personnel teams can become more productive, and have a fully documented and effective process for reference checks. Read the entire case study.

SkillSurvey's Pre-Hire 360™ Online Reference Checking Solution Increases Accuracy of Hiring Decisions
At Quest Diagnostics, the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing and services, the Sales and Marketing Division has increased its ability to predict successful performance of sales representatives by validating past performance. Read the entire case study.

Healthcare Firm Alleviates Reference Check Pain
While healthcare firms today do not have the luxury of choosing between multiple candidates for each open job, most recognize that having complete information regarding finalist candidates' prior job performance is critical to making good hires. Leveraging SkillSurvey's web-based reference checking solution, Poudre Valley Health System recruiters have more time to fill jobs while lowering the risk of bad hires. Read the entire case study.

Improving the Consistency and Quality of Job Candidate Reference Checking
This global financial services firm was looking for a more consistent and reliable approach to reference checking the one thousand new sales representatives they hire every year. SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360™ provides this company with a repeatable, easy-to-use solution that provides accurate information quickly and economically. Read the entire case study.

Quickly and Accurately Screening the Candidate Pool Prior to On-Site Interviews
This Fortune 100 manufacturing firm was looking for a way to accurately streamline the candidate pool, and improve the quality of hires. SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360™ provides this company with an effective screening solution that reduces the number of on-site interviews and identifies applicant's skill gaps prior to the meeting. Read the entire case study.

Reference Checks as a Core Component of the RPO Solution
Seasoned recruiting services firms like Yoh HR Solutions know that it is not enough to rely on a resume and an interview alone to consistently make good hires. An accurate measure of candidates' past job performance, provided by multiple professional references, is essential to make an accurate hiring decision. But in high volume recruiting environments, phone-based reference checks, whether done internally or outsourced, are an operational nightmare, and the value of information received via phone rarely justifies the cost. How could Yoh HR Solutions fulfill its goal of completing a meaningful reference check on all finalist candidates while maintaining its target time-to-fill metric via a consistent and reliable process? Read the entire case study.

For Hiring Top IT Talent, Alliance Consulting Recruiters Use SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360™ to Ensure High-Performing Teams
SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360™ gives Alliance the information it needs to confidently hire top consultants, and to avoid those that may present a risk. The SkillSurvey service assures the firm and its customers that teams are staffed with proven performers who have demonstrated critical skills, while reducing the amount of time recruiters spend checking references on the phone. Instead, recruiters can focus on developing and maintaining relationships with the best consultants in their markets. Read the entire case study.

Raising Quality, Improving Productivity: Recruiting Firm Takes Reference Checks to the Next Level
Ensynch (www.ensynch.com) is a technical recruiting solutions firm serving Fortune 1000 firms and regional firms in the Phoenix area. Like most successful firms in the recruiting and staffing industry, Ensynch knows that their growth revolves around three primary business drivers:

For Ensynch, retaining its competitive edge means looking for new ways to improve existing processes to help them meet these goals. Reference checking, a chronic dilemma for most companies, was ready for an improvement. Read the entire case study.

Raising Recruiting Efficiency & Effectiveness for Managed Staffing Solutions
CDI Corporation, the world's largest technical staffing company, improved response rates and reduced time-to-fill by using SkillSurvey Pre-Hire 360™, an online reference assessment provider. Read the entire case study.