Crosschq, a leader in Hiring Intelligence, has announced a strategic partnership with Eightfold AI, the leader in talent intelligence. This collaboration integrates Crosschq 360, Crosschq’s reference checking solution, with the Eightfold AI Talent Intelligence Platform™, now available to Eightfold AI customers globally.
Insights from Leadership
Ashutosh Garg, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Eightfold AI, stated, “Through our partnership with Crosschq, we’re complementing our existing AI with true validated candidate insights that go beyond traditional skills and competency assessments.” By leveraging validated feedback from candidates and their former managers, co-workers, mentors, and customers, organizations can develop comprehensive profiles of candidates’ soft skills and cultural fit.
Key Benefits of the Integration
- Drive Recruiting Efficiency:
- Automates the entire reference-checking process, reducing the time spent on manual references by 95%, saving over 2 hours of a recruiter’s time per candidate.
- Remove Bias & Increase DEI:
- Utilizes IO-validated 360 surveys to eliminate human bias from traditional reference-checking processes, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Improve Quality of Hire:
- Employs data on soft skills and cultural match to enhance predictions of new hire success, increasing the Quality of Hire by over 20% within the first year.
Leadership Comments
Mike Fitzsimmons, CEO of Crosschq, expressed excitement about the partnership, saying, “Eightfold AI has been a trailblazer in transforming the talent intelligence market. We’re thrilled to empower their platform by validating skills, work history, and cultural fit—all while eliminating bias—so organizations can focus on making the best hires for their teams.”
The integration of Crosschq 360 with the Eightfold AI Talent Intelligence Platform™ represents a significant advancement in the hiring process. By providing automated reference checking and validated candidate insights, this partnership aims to enhance recruitment efficiency, promote diversity, and improve the quality of new hires for organizations worldwide.
