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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.
SkillSurvey Now Processing Job References for Over 50,000 Candidates per Month, Marking Key Milestone
SkillSurvey is consistently processing references on more than 50,000 candidates each month, reflecting its growing client base and the increasing importance of smart reference checking for human resources departments and hiring managers across the country.
University of Colorado Rolls Out SkillSurvey’s Pre-Hire 360
University of Colorado will implement Pre-Hire 360 to conduct reference assessments on job candidates earlier in its hiring process. “With Pre-Hire 360, we’re getting a much more complete picture of our job candidates’ strengths and weaknesses through candid feedback from their references,” said Lisa Landis, Assistant VP, Employee Services, University of Colorado,
SkillSurvey to Host Session with Nationwide Children’s Hospital at 2014 HR Star Conference
SkillSurvey will be hosting a session entitled “Predictive Hiring: A New Approach to Finding Candidates Who Will Succeed in Your Organization,” featuring Nationwide Children’s Hospital, at the 2014 HR Star Conference in Cleveland, Ohio on July 24.
Automated reference checking software slashes turnaround time
Too often, slow-moving reference checking stops the hiring process in its tracks. Notre Dame Credit Union found a fast and reliable solution to manual reference checking. Discover how they cut more than 3 days of reference checking turnaround time in this TechTarget article.
The Power to Predict
In his new column for HRO Today, SkillSurvey’s CEO Ray Bixler discusses what pre-hire tools are available to companies looking to make the right hire, the first time.
SkillSurvey to Present at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Annual Conference
SkillSurvey’s Chief Analytics Officer and its Senior Research Scientist will present in two separate symposiums at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) taking place May 15-17, 2014 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Entry Level Job Seekers — Here’s How to Stand Out from the Crowd
More than 1.6 million students will be graduating from college this year and many will soon be searching for their first post-college jobs. The input that prospective employers receive from a candidate’s references – even for entry level positions – can make the difference between a job offer and a rejection.
BLR Partners with SkillSurvey to Help HR Hire Better Employees
BLR, a leading provider of employment law compliance and training solutions for HR, and SkillSurvey are partnering to offer the Pre-Hire 360 reference assessment solution to BLR clients.
SkillSurvey Releases New Pre-Hire Assessment Tools to Identify Safety-Focused Job Candidates in Power, Oil & Gas Industries
SkillSurvey has added a new “Workplace Health and Safety” competency cluster to Pre-Hire 360 to help Power, Oil & Gas and other industrial employers identify candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to workplace safety.
SkillSurvey Receives US Patent Office Notice of Allowance for Pre-Hire 360
SkillSurvey received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent Office for its “Pre-Hire 360” patent application. “This U.S. patent allowance cements intellectual property protection for SkillSurvey’s scientific method of assessing candidates based on input from their references and benchmarking their results against thousands of other job-seekers who have applied for the same or similar positions,” SkillSurvey CEO Ray Bixler commented.
North Shore-LIJ Health System Turns to Credential 360 to Automate Peer Referencing and Privileging
North Shore-LIJ Health System (North Shore-LIJ) will begin using SkillSurvey’s new Credential 360 online solution to automate the peer referencing portion of the credentialing process for physicians and advanced practice allied health professionals.
SkillSurvey Observes Growing Increase of Its Multilingual Assessments
SkillSurvey announced a marked increase in the global deployment of its candidate reference surveys with a growing number completed in languages other than English. Thousands of job references are now responding to behaviorally-based surveys in one of five available non-English languages: Spanish, Chinese, German, French and Portuguese (listed in order of prevalence).
SkillSurvey Builds Momentum with The Q
SkillSurvey announced that applicants have applied for thousands of job openings in Passive Candidate Sourcing, formerly known as The Q, which uniquely taps an applicant’s job references as potential job candidates themselves, launched less than one year ago.