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

Checkr is streamlining and automating the background check process, which is a tremendous benefit for a small HR team who typically doesn't have the bandwidth to manually conduct education verifications or criminal searches, but hires in a massive scale. Checkr nicely integrates with my ATS, Payroll, and security monitoring platform for SOC 2 compliance, making things more efficient, especially with a small HR team. Ordering background checks takes only a couple of clicks.

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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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• The analytics section in the dashboard allows you to sort by geography and date so you fully understand where and when your applicants are applying.
• The training resources available to employees make sure that we are fully compliant.
• The dedicated account manager helps us through all hurdles.

Incentivized

• It is very easy to use, so we don't have to spend time training others how to process reference checks.
• SkillSurvey seems to gather many more responses than other vendors used. This is great because it stops us from having to physically call additional references.
• We're able to gather leads from the references who complete the link and opt to be contacted by a recruiter. In the HR/recruitment world, this is seen as free leads!

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• It can be difficult to get support when you do have an issue.
• Account manager is not as attentive as we would like.

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• Cannot be used for all positions
• arent enough specified categories
• Customizability is lacking

Incentivized

There are more affordable options out there but checkr is reliable and it definitely an easy premium to pay for the reliability

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It has plenty of customization that you can do to help with sending information to those who need it rather than to just one person for all things. Allowing for more workflow customization for your organization's needs.

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They answered our questions when we were integrating and got back to us quickly, and with the relevant information we needed.

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

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We have not used any services other than Checkr. We started using Checkr over a year ago and have had no need to try other services. Checkr provides us with the services we need in an easy, complete format. Background / Criminal history checking are our primary use of Checkr and it provides these seamlessly.

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I have not used other similar products

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• It is sped up our onboarding process quite a bit since background checks now happen at a pretty fast pace.
• Integration with our ATS has also kept our workflow simple, so my team doesnt need to get training on a separate software and manage multiple logins.

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• We're able to collect more references, which allows us to clear candidates to start their jobs quicker.
• The additional leads collected are sent to recruiters who are then able to have more candidates to reach out to for potential future employment.

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