Request access — RefScore closed alpha

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About you

Your name required

Work email required

Organisation required

Your role there required

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Your hiring

How many people does your organisation employ?required

Headcount in the entity you hire for. If you are part of a larger group, count the entity, not the group.

Which kinds of roles do you hire for?required

Tick the families you actually hire for — most employers pick one or two. We use these to check whether the roles you hire for are among the 423 occupations RefScore covers.

Managers — directors, department heads, site and store managersProfessionals — engineers, nurses, teachers, accountants, developers, lawyersTechnicians and associate professionals — technicians, supervisors, IT support, paralegalsClerical support workers — administrators, receptionists, payroll and records clerksService and sales workers — retail, hospitality, care, security, personal servicesSkilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers — growers, farm and fishery workersCraft and related trades workers — electricians, mechanics, welders, chefs, buildersPlant and machine operators, and assemblers — machine operators, drivers, assembly lineElementary occupations — cleaners, labourers, kitchen porters, pickers

When will you next have a role open that you could run a check on?required

The alpha needs live hiring, not a demonstration. An honest “not sure” is useful.

Job titles you hire for optional

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How you check references today

How do you check references today?required

Tick every one that applies — most places do more than one.

Informal phone callsWritten questions we wrote ourselvesA written reference or work certificate the candidate gives usInformal checks through our own networkOur recruitment agency or headhunter does itA dedicated reference-checking tool (Xref, HiPeople, Checkster…)A background-screening provider (HireRight, Sterling, Checkr…)Something built into our ATS

We do not check references

In the last 12 months, for how many candidates did something a referee said change the outcome?

Either direction — someone you hired after being unsure, or someone you decided against.

We do not check references

How long does it usually take to finish reference checks for one candidate?

From asking for referees to having something you can act on.

We do not check references

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The alpha itself

Would you sit with us for 30 minutes over video while you use it?

Watching someone use it is worth more to us than any amount of written feedback.

YesNoTell me more first

If you wanted to buy a tool like this, who decides?required

What would one scored report on one candidate be worth to you?

One report is 6 references — 2 people from each of 3 kinds of working relationship — the candidate names them, and you get a graded report on the work styles that matter for the role.

I would not pay for thisI would need to use it first

Of the people you hired in the last two years, how many left or were let go within six months?

A count, not a judgement. It tells us what the alpha would have to be measured against.

I would rather not say

Anything else optional

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Consent

Open HR SASU, 60 rue François Ier, 75008 Paris, is the data controller. You can withdraw at any time by writing to privacy@open-hr.work, and we will delete the record. We keep it for 24 months from signup, or until you ask, whichever is sooner. Full detail in the privacy notice.

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