July 22nd 2019, Austin, TX-deverus, the leading platform provider of background check technology, today announced the launch of its newest innovative product, Swifthire Automated Reference Checks, the most advanced reference verification process on the market today.
With sophisticated custom forms along with Swifthire mobile, deverus has automated the reference check process allowing applicants to send texts or emails directly to references. Using unique questions created by the background check company or HR, the referee, can fill out the right information anywhere anytime and send it automatically sends the reference check back to the background check companies for review.
“Swithire Reference Checks makes verifying references so easy, we believe we will help our clients create a new demand for references and allow them to compete with other reference check services. ” said deverus CEO, Shawn Rucks. “We’ve leveraged Swifthire Mobile’s success with applicants and combined it with a sophisticated form building tool to now send text or emails to referees to allow them to respond to a reference check on the go. We are already seeing completion rates around 80%. That’s three times less than the manual average.”
Swifthire Automated Reference Checks is available to clients using the deverus platform. deverus has recently increased its product offerings to customers to include Maximus, a comprehensive national criminal search, automated employment verifications, along with several recent integrations to major applicant tracking systems.
About deverus
Established in 1998, privately-held Austin-based deverus, Inc., helps companies in the background screening industry work better, faster and smarter by providing the highest quality software, SAAS cloud-based solutions, mobile applications, integrations, compliance, automation, security, privacy and customer support services available. Deriving its name from a blend of Latin and Spanish meaning “from the truth,” deverus helps HR departments make critical hiring decisions using data such as criminal records, education and employment verifications, drug and assessment testing, and more. The company delivers its services to over 35,000 businesses, hiring more than 2.5 million employees per year, through more than 75 trusted partners. deverus is a founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) the respected screening professionals industry watchdog, and was named a “Best Place to Work” by the Austin Business Journal.