In Talent Recruiter, you start by creating a recruitment project as usual, where you receive applications from candidates. To start a digital reference check, go to the candidate overview, select the candidates you want to send to reference check, click on communication, and select Request references.
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With the Project templates setting, you can pick between your pre-made project templates, which you have configured in Refapp. For more information about how to set up a project template, see this article. Pick the suitable project template in the drop-down menu and press Send.
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When clicking Send, the candidate and project information are sent to Refapp, and a reference check has started. In the candidate overview in Talent Recruiter, you will see a circular symbol indicating that the referencing process has begun.
If you click on the symbol, you can directly open a link to the candidate in Refapp or open up the reference report once you have received a response. If you have the automation turned on in your project template, an e-mail and SMS have now been sent to the candidate requesting them to submit their referees.
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Once the reference checking is complete, the symbol is updated with a darker purple colour. You can now also access the completed reference report, which gives a great summit of your candidates.
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