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We Offer Four Report Levels

At AXiOM, we are pleased to offer four report levels to suit your reference checking requirements. The level of detail in each report is reflective of the candidate’s potential position, authority, or influence. As well, we offer two report structures and customize our reports to meet your needs. Please click here for more information.

Introducing Our Reference Checking Workshop

Our three-hour in-house workshop is designed for companies who presently complete reference checks internally and is aimed at junior and intermediate hiring professionals. In the workshop, participants are acquainted with the practical aspects of reference checking and are provided with the expertise to craft their own reference checking interviews to be more in-depth and as such, promote a more successful hire. Please click here for more information.

Free Reference Checking Advice Service

We invite you to call us to take advantage of our FREE Reference Checking Information Service that can answer your questions about checking references, consumer reporting and human rights issues. Please click here to contact us.

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Reference Checking Service

It’s no secret that hiring staff is an expensive process. Advertising, interviewing and training costs amount to a substantial investment in your new hire on behalf of your company. It’s important to do it right the first time. When it is not done well an inappropriate employee fit can have a disastrous impact on internal morale, customer relations and the bottom line. Getting meaningful information about candidates — the facts you need to know — is difficult, but critical, in order to ensure the individual make sense for your organization.

According to a survey we conducted of hiring personnel, 84% of the companies surveyed reported that they have had to let an employee go, for deficiencies (shortcomings or incompatibilities) that would have been uncovered through a thorough reference check had one been completed.

A professional reference audit is the most effective way to protect your company from a bad hire…period. Accurate knowledge of past performance and personality traits are key factors in hiring new staff. Resumes can be embellished. Credentials sometimes are falsified. The interview process, no matter how thorough, solicits information from only one source and as such, can only reveal so much.

Having specialized in reference checking since 1979, our goal is to bring value to the hiring process through the objectivity of a third-party. At AXiOM, we cut through communication barriers by formulating the right questions, posing them in the proper manner, and creating an atmosphere where people feel comfortable giving candid, honest answers. Our proven questioning techniques eliminate biases so that we can interpret responses correctly. Our written reports provide full disclosure of the referee’s comments giving you valuable information and important insight into a candidate’s character. These kinds of facts protect your organization and ensure you really did know who you are hiring. We pride ourselves in obtaining meaningful and insightful information from references that will allow our clients to make that critical decision on whether the candidate is ideal for the available role. We know that a properly done reference check is the only tool that will identify your candidate’s past performance—skills, abilities, strengths, behaviour and interpersonal skills, weaknesses and areas for development. It is a tool that is vital to minimizing the risk of an employee mismatch.

We have been specialists in the field of checking references for over 25 years. It’s all we do and we do it well. Please take a few minutes to browse through our site. Find out which of our services may be beneficial to your company, review our survey and learn about our seminars on reference checking. Contact us with any questions or comments you have. We’ll be happy to help in any way we can.

Don’t risk compromising your standards on any hire…you no longer need to. Let AXiOM remove the worry and uncertainty…that’s our business.