Case Study: Oliver & Bonacini achieves faster, more trustworthy reference checks with Xref

Oliver & Bonacini enjoy the speed and trustworthiness Xref brings

Oliver & Bonacini, a hospitality and food service group, struggled with slow, manual phone-based reference checks that consumed hiring teams’ time and risked losing top candidates. They chose Xref’s automated reference-checking platform to replace chasing referees and to give the team a trusted, efficient way to validate candidates.

Xref automated the end-to-end reference process, delivering real-time progress updates, candidate benchmarking and fraud detection. The result: 99% reference completion, an average of 25 hours for referees to submit feedback, and 47% of references completed outside business hours—helping Oliver & Bonacini speed hires (24–36 hour turnarounds), reduce fraud risk via Xref’s detection tool, and free recruiters to focus on interviews and resumes.

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