News
Thanks to the continued success of our products, we regularly get recognition from top industry journals and national news outlets. Read our recent announcements and some of the nice things being said about our approach here.
SkillSurvey Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit
SkillSurvey filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Checkster, LLC for infringement of SkillSurvey’s U.S. Patent No. 8,894,416. The lawsuit seeks an injunction against further infringement, as well as a finding of willful infringement, and an award of damages.
SkillSurvey Hiring Expert Series Continues with Webinar Featuring MorseLife
SkillSurvey’s Hiring Expert Series will feature a webinar on “Using Big Data to Recruit Millennials.” The webinar will be presented by the chief human resources officer of MorseLife, a nationally recognized provider of health care, housing and support services for seniors and their families in Palm Beach County.
Hiring: Distinguish the Real From the Rehearsed
With the myriad of preparation tools available to today’s job seeker, is it possible for hiring managers to distinguish the real from the rehearsed? SkillSurvey’s CEO Ray Bixler shares how SkillSurvey elevates getting viewpoints from references.
SkillSurvey Kicks off Hiring Expert Series with HCI Human Capital Summit Session and Webinar Featuring Golden Living
SkillSurvey launches its Hiring Expert Series featuring Golden Living. Presented in webinar and conference sessions, Golden Living will share best practices they have used to hire more successfully.
SkillSurvey Continues to Expand Reach as Leading Provider of Reference Checking for Staffing and Recruiting Firms
SkillSurvey has continued to expand its business within the staffing and recruiting industry, having added over 150 staffing firms as clients in the past two years. This growth is the result of an expanded offering of reference checking solutions that support the unique needs of staffing firms,
How Staffing the Checkout Line Can Boost the Bottom Line
With consumers more flush with cash and the economy continuing to gain strength, retailers will be increasing hiring – especially for sales and customer service roles. But these hires aren’t just about staffing the checkout or the help line – they can also be about boosting the bottom line.
SkillSurvey Expands Credential 360 to Provide Automated Hospital Affiliation Verification
SkillSurvey’s Credential 360 solution has expanded to include automated hospital affiliation verification. Credential 360 is the first online system that streamlines the peer referencing, privileging, and hospital affiliation verification processes to help hospitals get physicians and advanced practice professionals on-staff and contributing faster.
SkillSurvey Partnership with Hireology Brings Cloud-based, Data-driven Approach to Reference Checking
SkillSurvey and Hireology shared news about an expanded relationship, 2014 highlights and partnership results. SkillSurvey’s patented Pre-Hire 360 has delivered major time-savings, helping Hireology customers quickly obtain detailed, job-specific feedback on a candidate’s past performance.
SkillSurvey Awarded Three Additional US Patents for Pre-Hire 360
in addition to U.S. Patent No. 8,721,340, which was awarded to the Company in spring 2014, the United States Patent office has recently awarded the SkillSurvey three more patents covering its Pre-Hire 360 solution, namely U.S. Patent Nos. 8,894,416; 8,888,496; and 8,939,768.
What Retailers Need to Know When Hiring This Year
The Business Journals article published January 16, 2015. The holiday season may be over, but retailers still need to be savvy recruiters as 2015 kicks off. One estimate says that retail hiring should be up 24 percent in the first quarter of this year.
Getting That First Job: References Reveal All
More than 1.6 million students graduated from college this year and many are still searching for their first post-college jobs. If you’re part of this crowd (or maybe the parent of a Millennial), wouldn’t it be great to know what potential employers are hearing about you or your child?
The Power of Community – Human Resources Executive
Raymour & Flanigan, the Liverpool, N.Y.-based furniture retailer uses passive candidate sourcing to build relationships with talented passive candidates.
SkillSurvey Announces Major Growth Investment from Primus Capital
SkillSurvey announced that Primus Capital has made a major growth investment in the company.
The Scoop on the Millennial Workforce: What Business Leaders Need to Know
SkillSurvey’s CEO Ray Bixler shares key insights on the millennial workforce based on real reference feedback in this ERE article.
SkillSurvey Announces Milestone of 10 Million Reached
More than 10 million individuals – candidates and their references – have been entered into SkillSurvey’s growing database of the patented Pre-Hire 360 confidential, cloud-based reference checking solution.
Black Friday Hiring: SkillSurvey Reveals Top Areas for Improvement for Customer Service and Sales Reps Based on Input from Job References
As retailers ramp up seasonal hiring for the holiday shopping rush, key customer service skills like listening and problem-solving will be in high demand, according to new research from SkillSurvey, Inc., the leading provider of confidential, science-based reference assessments that help employers make better hiring decisions.
Safety Starts at Pre-Hire: A Company’s Safety Culture Starts with Hiring Those with a Zero Tolerance Safety Mindset
SkillSurvey’s VP of Product Development, Steve Heister, provides insights on how to create the right safety culture with great hires with a zero-tolerance mindset.
SkillSurvey Smooths the Hiring Process
Inquirer Staff Writer Jane M. Von Bergen digs deep into the value of online reference checking by speaking directly to one of SkillSurvey’s clients.
SkillSurvey to Present Research on Contingent Workers at NAHCR
SkillSurvey will be delivering a research presentation focused on how to improve the engagement and retention of contingent workers at the National Association for Health Care Recruitment’s IMAGE 2014 Conference being held in Orlando, Florida on July 22-25, 2014.
FRS Partners with SkillSurvey to Provide Clients with More Insight on Candidates
SkillSurvey announced it is partnering with FRS, the background screening industry’s most widely used technology, to offer the Pre-Hire 360 reference assessment solution to FRS clients.