Case Study: Cargill achieves higher-quality hires and faster, lower-cost reference checks with Checkster

How Cargill does it with Checkster

Cargill, a global food and agricultural company with 131,000 employees, sought to boost quality of hire and cut talent-acquisition costs. Its traditional phone-based reference checks were slow, resource-intensive (about 90 minutes per candidate), and produced vague feedback, creating a clear need for a more efficient, insight-driven screening process.

Cargill piloted and then rolled out Checkster’s automated reference and feedback platform, with setup measured in hours. The solution shortened reference response time by five days, cut per-candidate checking time from 90 to 5 minutes, delivered anonymized, richer insights that improved hiring decisions and reduced legal exposure, and ultimately increased hire quality while lowering recruiting costs.

Cargill

Cheri Hanson

NA Talent Recruiting Operations Manager