SkillSurvey, now part of the iCIMS Talent Cloud vs. Xref

SkillSurvey really is great for reference checks and how to communicate with the contacts provided. It's a great way to easy view the reports, ensure that someone is not filling out their own reference information, and being able to contact passive candidates that have interest in your organization. The templates are easy to generate once you use them a couple times.

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Company looking for easy to use trouble-free, user friendly. automation with regular reminders to both candidates and referees to ensure the details are completed. Quick turnaround time. When it comes to the company that requires customization of the questions or on the special area to check all the time, Xref reference may lack that area

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• Ease of use
• Quick turnaround of results
• Clear and valuable feedback from references
• Variety of types of reference checks based on job descriptions

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• Easy to use
• Security on login
• Automated

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• Customizability is lacking, you have to choose from job titles that are already stored in the tool. Some clients don't like this.
• There is no option for someone to opt to do the reference via phone, this could prevent someone from completing the reference.

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• Customise our own questions
• add on other checks and bankruptcy etc as add on package.
• The File download can the name be auto update the candidate name and role apply would be useful.

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Support is excellent. I have always received swift and efficient assistance.

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I've used a few other reference checking vendors, as well as have references completed through background checking vendors, and our company even tried to create our own reference tool. SkillSurvey is the best we've used yet. They gather the greatest percentage of references, quickly, and with the least amount of "technical issues". Again, the leads are also a bonus.

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• The feature to ask references if they would like to be contacted to no prove to be useful or worth the added expense.
• Cannot bulk files
• Quick turnaround time, which is helpful in picking candidates

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• Positive: ROI saving us money
• Turnaround of reference positive
• Con, maybe they can looking in to integrating some of ATS for us eg: Jobvite can easy one button send the xreference

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