SkillSurvey

This tool has solely been researched by the WilsonHCG Innovation team.

Summary

SkillSurvey is the leader in online reference checking and credentialing, providing immediately useful insights to help employers make better hiring decisions. SkillSurvey speeds hiring for commercial, higher education, healthcare, and staffing and recruiting organizations. Its cloud-based referencing and credentialing solutions answer vital questions that help organizations hire the right people for every role.

SkillSurvey Reference provides insight into past job performance and is proven to predict future turnover, hiring manager satisfaction, and performance ratings. An unmatched library of scientifically-designed surveys produces job-specific data employers can trust.  SkillSurvey Source helps you expand your talent pool through referrals and references.

SkillSurvey Credential OnDemand helps healthcare organizations onboard skilled practitioners faster with digital peer referencing that simplifies and enhances the credentialing experience for all participants. SkillSurvey makes the referencing and credentialing process more efficient and effective — helping employers save time and money, grow revenues, and bring employees onboard faster.

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Technology Demo Notes

How it Works:

• The reference-check is performed by sending an email to job candidates, who then input their references’ contact information into SkillSurvey. Each reference then receives a link to a job-specific survey that allows them to rate the candidate on previously-observed, on-the-job behaviors. The responses are aggregated and sent back to the recruiter or hiring manager in the form of a report.
• References respond with candor and open comments because, in true 360-fashion, replies are aggregated and remain confidential.

Benefits:

• Receiving multiple (5+) references from every candidate.
• Helps expand passive candidate pool: They ask the candidates/respondents if they’re interesting in receiving info on new jobs: at least 1-2 out of every bunch thus far said yes. Approx 30% are interested in looking at new jobs.
• One of the few tools that measures honesty and integrity.
• 360 degree feedback- allows for peer-to-peer
• Reduces screening/reference check period to less than 48 hours.
• Reduction in turnover costs

Languages:

• Chinese (simplified)
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Portuguese (Brazilian)   

Who is their direct competition?

• Phone, Background Screeners, and Assessments.

What differentiates SS from the competition?

• Response Time (typically 1 day)
• Cost charged per candidate not reference
• Information/ Feedback that you have access to
• 60% of their business Is Healthcare. Just launched the Physician Credentialing piece of their solution. Only company that has this.

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