SkillSurvey

What SkillSurvey does

SkillSurvey is a cloud-based HR technology company founded in 2001 and headquartered in Wayne, Pennsylvania, that provides online reference checking, talent sourcing, and post-hire employee engagement solutions to enterprise HR and talent acquisition teams. The company's product suite consists of three natively integrated modules — SkillSurvey Reference® for online reference checking and skills verification, SkillSurvey Source® for proactive talent pipeline expansion, and SkillSurvey Post-Hire® for employee engagement and retention analytics — collectively covering the full employee lifecycle from pre-hire vetting through post-hire workforce insight. The underlying technology relies on a proprietary database of reference check responses and skills verification data accumulated across millions of hiring decisions, which provides benchmarking and validation capabilities that constitute the company's primary data advantage.

SkillSurvey operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of iCIMS and is integrated as a native product line within the iCIMS Talent Cloud platform, distributed to enterprise customers through iCIMS's global field sales organization and a self-service customer portal at app.skillsurvey.com. The company employs 51-100 people and serves enterprise HR and talent acquisition buyers in retail, healthcare and hospitals, manufacturing, and finance and banking — verticals characterized by high-volume hiring, regulatory scrutiny, or both. Revenue is generated via annual enterprise SaaS subscriptions priced on a quote basis, with no public pricing tiers disclosed; customers access Reference, Source, and Post-Hire as modules within the broader iCIMS suite, creating a co-sell motion rather than a standalone product sale.

Since its founding in 2001 and pre-acquisition venture funding history spanning 2005-2014, SkillSurvey has operated without disclosing a stand-alone revenue figure, and the company now functions as a strategic product line within iCIMS rather than an independently reported entity. The firm's value proposition centers on reducing hiring risk through verified reference feedback, accelerating reference collection workflows, improving quality-of-hire through objective skills data, and providing early-warning employee engagement analytics to reduce post-hire turnover. The strategic significance of SkillSurvey within iCIMS lies in its proprietary reference data layer and its ability to embed skills verification natively into the ATS workflow, addressing a historically fragmented point-solution market.

Name

SkillSurvey

Legal name

SkillSurvey, Inc.

Website

https://skillsurvey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

SkillSurvey provides cloud-based HR technology for online reference checking, talent sourcing, and post-hire employee engagement. The platform operates as a subsidiary product line within the iCIMS Talent Cloud, serving enterprise HR teams in retail, healthcare, manufacturing, and finance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Talent Acquisition Software

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Professional and Management Development Training (61143), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Skills & Job-Specific Competency Testing (Hard Skills) (BPACAMAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Technical & Digital Skills Training (BPACANAB), Resume & Professional Branding (CV, LinkedIn, Portfolio) (EDAAAKAB), Human Resources (HR) & Talent (SHRM/HRCI) Certifications (EDAAANAE)

Keywords

• Online reference checking
• Skills verification software
• Talent pipeline sourcing
• Employee engagement analytics
• Pre-hire assessment tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Wayne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - Reference Checking: SkillSurvey Reference operates as a cloud-based SaaS platform where organizations pay subscription fees for access to the reference checking functionality, integrated within the iCIMS hiring workflow.
2. SaaS Subscription - Source: Talent pipeline expansion through SkillSurvey Source, offered as a subscription-based module within the iCIMS platform ecosystem.
3. SaaS Subscription - Post-Hire: Employee engagement and retention analytics through SkillSurvey Post-Hire, delivered as a recurring subscription service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

SkillSurvey is a cloud-based HR technology platform that delivers online reference checking, skills verification, and candidate assessment for enterprise hiring teams. Its three products — SkillSurvey Reference®, SkillSurvey Source®, and SkillSurvey Post-Hire® — cover pre-hire candidate verification, talent pipeline expansion, and post-hire employee engagement and retention analytics. The offering is sold as a subscription-based SaaS solution, natively integrated within the iCIMS Talent Cloud platform.

Product overview

SkillSurvey is a comprehensive pre-hire and post-hire talent intelligence platform consisting of three integrated products: SkillSurvey Reference® serves as the core online reference checking platform for skills verification during recruitment; SkillSurvey Source® expands talent pipelines through proactive candidate sourcing and nurturing; and SkillSurvey Post-Hire® provides employee engagement and retention analytics. The three products work together to support the entire employee journey from candidate assessment through ongoing workforce retention, and the platform is offered as part of the iCIMS Talent Cloud ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SkillSurvey Reference® Online reference checking platform that enables organizations to verify candidate skills and gather professional references to make more informed hiring decisions. Designed for HR and Talent Acquisition teams seeking to reduce hiring risk and improve quality of hire through validated candidate information.
• SkillSurvey Source® Talent pipeline expansion solution that helps organizations proactively source and nurture potential candidates for current and future job openings. Built for talent acquisition teams that need to build and maintain candidate pipelines beyond active requisitions.
• SkillSurvey Post-Hire® All-in-one solution for gathering employee engagement and retention insights, enabling organizations to monitor and improve workforce satisfaction after hiring. Designed for HR leaders seeking to reduce turnover through early visibility into new-hire experience and retention risk.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations hire 40,000+ annually with improved candidate experience (e.g., The Cheesecake Factory)

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• iCIMScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSkillSurvey is owned and operated by iCIMS, integrated as a native product line within the iCIMS Talent Cloud platform. The integration provides seamless workflow between SkillSurvey's reference checking, sourcing, and post-hire solutions and iCIMS's applicant tracking, onboarding, and employer branding products.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Talent Plus: Talent Plus delivers scientifically validated talent assessment and selection solutions for enterprise customers, competing with SkillSurvey's skills and competency testing value proposition.
• Pymetrics: Pymetrics provides AI-driven talent assessment and matching tools for enterprise hiring, with adjacent capabilities to SkillSurvey's skills verification and candidate evaluation features.
• Harver: Harver offers pre-hire assessment and candidate matching technology for high-volume hiring, overlapping with SkillSurvey's Source and Post-Hire use cases particularly in retail and customer-facing roles.

Broad incumbents

• HireRight: HireRight is a large background check and workforce screening provider whose verification capabilities compete for the same enterprise HR budget as SkillSurvey Reference, though it is broader in scope.
• iCIMS: iCIMS is SkillSurvey's parent company and a leading enterprise talent acquisition platform; while it distributes SkillSurvey, its broader ATS/CRM suite overlaps with SkillSurvey's pre- and post-hire capabilities.
• Sterling: Sterling provides background screening, identity verification, and workforce risk services to enterprise employers, competing with SkillSurvey's reference and skills verification offerings as part of a wider screening portfolio.

Direct peers

• HireVue: HireVue offers video interviewing and AI-driven candidate assessment, serving enterprise talent acquisition teams with pre-hire evaluation tools that overlap with SkillSurvey's skills verification and assessment capabilities.
• Xref: Xref provides automated online reference checking software for HR and recruitment teams, making it a direct functional peer to SkillSurvey Reference in talent verification.
• Checkster: Checkster is a direct competitor in automated reference checking and skills verification, offering similar pre-hire reference solutions to enterprise HR teams, which directly competes with SkillSurvey Reference.
• Modern Hire (formerly Shaker International): Modern Hire provides pre-hire assessments, interview automation, and candidate screening solutions for enterprise hiring teams, directly competing with SkillSurvey in skills and competency evaluation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SkillSurvey
• Facebookfacebook.com/SkillSurvey
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skillsurvey

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors9 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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