Candidate Referencing

Deploy the right support and development plans from day one.

We verify a candidate’s background and credentials to ensure every key hire you make is the right one and to mitigate hiring risks.

Candidate Referencing

How we help

Our global Candidate Referencing service tells organisations everything they need to know about the leaders they are planning to hire.

We will give you the knowledge you require about strengths and weaknesses and, ultimately, confirm whether they have what it takes to do the job you need them to do.

We don't just source the best person for the role, we also identify areas for improvement so your company can apply the right support and development plans from day one.

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The benefits of Candidate Referencing

Discover whether candidates can perform as required and if not, whether they can be supported to succeed.: With the line between success and failure so thin, our Candidate Referencing service will ensure your business stays on the right side.
Candidate backgrounds and credentials are verified and thoroughly checked: We ensure they have all the experience, skills and leadership qualities required for the role.

Our approach to Candidate Referencing

We understand how vital placing the right senior candidate is, so we deliver a reliable and discreet service that will help you make the best placement.

Benchmark

Whether you’re trying to benchmark a pipeline of candidates or perform due diligence on the final candidate, we conduct discreet checks to provide a fuller picture of a person’s employment history.

Investigation

We go beyond the list of referees provided by a candidate to obtain independent and objective checks.

Satisfaction

We don’t stop investigating until we’re satisfied, so you can rest assured you’re receiving a thorough assessment of your next hire.

working alongside leading TA & HR professionals

Our company has used Armstrong Craven for over 10 years to source high quality talent. As we work to ensure our talent management strategy supports our business strategy, we are increasingly using AC to provide customised insights to inform our mid- to long-term talent planning. Our needs vary but overall, the information we get from AC ensures we create an employment offering that ensures we attract and retain the high calibre people we need, when we need them.Global Talent Business Lead, Global Pharmaceutical Company

The business really appreciates your support. Your Insights capability accelerated our knowledge transfer. Without partnering with Armstrong Craven, it would have taken us a year to get to the same point in our understanding of the market.Director, Global Talent Acquisition, Global Biotech

Armstrong Craven was recommended to me by the Group HR head of a FTSE 250 company in the UK. We were provided with a set of very viable candidates in each of the assignments and they helped us through the difficult selection process, as the finalists in both cases were all quite exceptional. Interim CEO – Innovative UK Start-up

We are increasingly retaining Armstrong Craven for roles at the highest levels and can rely on them to deliver the same level of service as Executive search firms using a much better cost model to the standard starting salary percentage model.Head of Resourcing, ASDA

We have used Armstrong Craven on a number of occasions now for executive research at the very highest levels and on each and every occasion they have helped us locate the right candidate, all of whom have gone on to make a fundamental contribution to the health and development of our businesses.Managing Director, Liquid Plastics Ltd

We are increasingly using Armstrong Craven rather than traditional search or head-hunters to support us with innovative, timely and cost effective sourcing of candidates. Armstrong Craven take a different approach to executive search and talent planning and are a great supplier for a business like us who is moving to direct sourcing.Global Recruitment Partner, AstraZeneca plc

Thanks for all your help in scouring the field for talent. I think the mapping and search worked out very well! I’d be happy to work with you again on similar talent needs.SLT Member, Major Pharma Company

We thank you for the excellent support and will definitely come back to AC for future pipelining.Global VP HR, Major Medical Devices Company

Spot on and thorough project, Great job, looking forward to reaching out to the individuals Really great, very happy, good to engage in more work including pipeline, search and mapping.TA Head, Major Pharma Company

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If you want to learn a little more about what we do and how talent research can help you make better-informed business decisions, our team of talent research and consulting specialists are happy to help.