Automated online reference checks

Following up on a candidate's references—former supervisor, colleague, instructor, or friend—has historically been a time-consuming game of phone or e-mail tag. When you finally manage to reach the prospective employee's referee, you almost always have a limited amount of time to talk. While restrained by the types of questions you are allowed to ask, you are often also limited by the questions the referee is prepared to answer—on the record—and that person's particular frame of mind when you finally make contact.

The Harland Clarke Hiring Kit features web-based forms that put an end to phone tag, while allowing the referee to answer at a time and place that is most convenient for them. The ability to answer such forms anonymously increases referee candor, giving you a more reliable picture of the candidate. Taken together, these have been shown to increase reference check completion, and ultimately hiring success.

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