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Don’t just take our word for it

Hear from some of our amazing customers who are referencing faster.

RefNow has helped us make our reference requests way more efficient. We love how user friendly it is!

Megan Walsh
HR Administration Assistant

If I had to sum up RefNow for other healthcare organisations in one line, I'd say it's an excellent pick to streamline and possibly even strengthen your referencing process.

James Belchamber
Operations Manager

RefNow is an essential tool, providing a secure, efficient, and streamlined solution for reference checks that not only saves time but also significantly improves the integrity and safety of our hiring process.

Scott De Freitas
Head of Talent Acquisition and Onboarding

We don’t have to do any of the monotonous tasks that we hated doing before RefNow! No more chasing, emails and stress.

The most important features to us were data security, speed, and ease of use, and RefNow scored the highest overall!

Ryan Shortall
Recruitment Manager

Reference checks are incredibly important to us, it used to take 2-3 weeks to get a reference back, but with RefNow, it takes less than 36 hours. The reduction in admin time is huge!

Keith Gardener
Chairman

Our experience with RefNow has been hugely positive, with our reference completion rate currently sitting at over 85%.

Becky Jones
Operations and Marketing Manager

It used to take us 1 hour for each candidate but since using RefNow, we spend a maximum of 5 minutes on each candidate with the same level of confidence in the quality.

Sue Haslett
Head of Volunteering

We were waiting on a backlog of over 200 candidates when we joined RefNow, that figure decreased by almost 75% within weeks of signing up.

Grace Rodgers
HR Administrator

We’ve rolled it out to each of our care homes and it is now a fully fledged system across the whole of Advinia.

Aaron Johal
Leadership Recruitment Manager

RefNow is extremely user friendly. Tracking and monitoring of candidates and referees became a breeze!

Matthew Kay
Strategic HR Business Partner

There’s five of us using the system and we would all agree it revolutionised our day-to-day jobs.

Our references come back within 24 hours and we’ve made RefNow a central part of our on-boarding process!

Deja Benoit
HR Administrator

Real Success Stories from Teams
Like Yours

Discover how customers conquered slow, unreliable reference checks and now hire with confidence.
RefNow has helped us make our reference requests way more efficient. We love how user friendly it is!
Megan Walsh
HR Administration Assistant
Maritime Academy Trust
If I had to sum up RefNow for other healthcare organisations in one line, I'd say it's an excellent pick to streamline and possibly even strengthen your referencing process.
James Belchamber
Operations Manager
Everest Recruitment
RefNow is an essential tool, providing a secure, efficient, and streamlined solution for reference checks that not only saves time but also significantly improves the integrity and safety of our hiring process.
Scott De Freitas
Head of Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
Elysium Healthcare
We don’t have to do any of the monotonous tasks that we hated doing before RefNow! No more chasing, emails and stress.
River Island
The most important features to us were data security, speed, and ease of use, and RefNow scored the highest overall!
Ryan Shortall
Recruitment Manager
HCRG Care Group
Reference checks are incredibly important to us, it used to take 2-3 weeks to get a reference back, but with RefNow, it takes less than 36 hours. The reduction in admin time is huge!
Keith Gardener
Chairman
Halcyon Health & Social Care
Our experience with RefNow has been hugely positive, with our reference completion rate currently sitting at over 85%.
Becky Jones
Operations and Marketing Manager
Amore Group
It used to take us 1 hour for each candidate but since using RefNow, we spend a maximum of 5 minutes on each candidate with the same level of confidence in the quality.
Sue Haslett
Head of Volunteering
The Air Ambulance
We were waiting on a backlog of over 200 candidates when we joined RefNow, that figure decreased by almost 75% within weeks of signing up.
Grace Rodgers
HR Administrator
GBA Logistics
We’ve rolled it out to each of our care homes and it is now a fully fledged system across the whole of Advinia.
Aaron Johal
Leadership Recruitment Manager
Advinia
RefNow is extremely user friendly. Tracking and monitoring of candidates and referees became a breeze!
Matthew Kay
Strategic HR Business Partner
BPP
There’s five of us using the system and we would all agree it revolutionised our day-to-day jobs.
Freedom Leisure
Our references come back within 24 hours and we’ve made RefNow a central part of our on-boarding process!
Deja Benoit
HR Administrator
Grace Foods
RefNow has helped us make our reference requests way more efficient. We love how user friendly it is!
Megan Walsh
HR Administration Assistant
Maritime Academy Trust
If I had to sum up RefNow for other healthcare organisations in one line, I'd say it's an excellent pick to streamline and possibly even strengthen your referencing process.
James Belchamber
Operations Manager
Everest Recruitment
RefNow is an essential tool, providing a secure, efficient, and streamlined solution for reference checks that not only saves time but also significantly improves the integrity and safety of our hiring process.
Scott De Freitas
Head of Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
Elysium Healthcare
We don’t have to do any of the monotonous tasks that we hated doing before RefNow! No more chasing, emails and stress.
River Island
The most important features to us were data security, speed, and ease of use, and RefNow scored the highest overall!
Ryan Shortall
Recruitment Manager
HCRG Care Group
Reference checks are incredibly important to us, it used to take 2-3 weeks to get a reference back, but with RefNow, it takes less than 36 hours. The reduction in admin time is huge!
Keith Gardener
Chairman
Halcyon Health & Social Care
Our experience with RefNow has been hugely positive, with our reference completion rate currently sitting at over 85%.
Becky Jones
Operations and Marketing Manager
Amore Group
It used to take us 1 hour for each candidate but since using RefNow, we spend a maximum of 5 minutes on each candidate with the same level of confidence in the quality.
Sue Haslett
Head of Volunteering
The Air Ambulance
We were waiting on a backlog of over 200 candidates when we joined RefNow, that figure decreased by almost 75% within weeks of signing up.
Grace Rodgers
HR Administrator
GBA Logistics
We’ve rolled it out to each of our care homes and it is now a fully fledged system across the whole of Advinia.
Aaron Johal
Leadership Recruitment Manager
Advinia
RefNow is extremely user friendly. Tracking and monitoring of candidates and referees became a breeze!
Matthew Kay
Strategic HR Business Partner
BPP
There’s five of us using the system and we would all agree it revolutionised our day-to-day jobs.
Freedom Leisure
Our references come back within 24 hours and we’ve made RefNow a central part of our on-boarding process!
Deja Benoit
HR Administrator
Grace Foods

6 Ways RefNow Helps You Hire
with Confidence

We know how frustrating manual checks, slow processes, and compliance worries can be. RefNow equips you with a streamlined, secure platform—so you can hire faster, safer, and with total peace of mind.

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Hassle-Free Hiring

No more chasing down references or juggling scattered paperwork. RefNow automates the entire reference-checking process so you can focus on choosing the best candidates, not managing tedious tasks.

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Strong Data Protection

Worried about compliance and data breaches? We follow strict data protection regulations, ensuring your candidates’ personal information stays confidential—and you stay on the right side of the law.

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Time-saving

Lengthy reference checks slow you down and risk losing top talent. RefNow simplifies everything, delivering essential insights quickly, so you can make informed hiring decisions before great candidates slip away.

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Fraud Prevention

Concerned about fake references or misleading information? Our fraud protection measures verify authenticity, so every insight you rely on is accurate, protecting you from costly hiring mistakes.

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User Friendly Design

No confusing dashboards or steep learning curves here. With a clean, intuitive interface, anyone on your team can start using RefNow confidently—right from day one.

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Fast

Your team deserves the freedom to move fast. RefNow streamlines the entire process, giving you reliable references in record time, so you can secure the right hires and strengthen your team sooner.

What our customers say about us

Choose RefNow as your go-to referencing platform and experience the satisfaction of using a highly rated service. With the highest rating on Google compared to all other referencing platforms, RefNow is the trusted choice for accurate and efficient reference checks. Join our satisfied customers and make referencing a breeze with RefNow!

"The way we use RefNow is to handle all of our incoming and outgoing reference requests, across the board. RefNow has enabled us to automate our entire referencing process, and in turn has given us back countless hours each week to apply our time elsewhere."

River Island

"RefNow has helped us with everything! Not just in my volunteering team but our HR team as well, we feel like we have the support and speed that we need. Our references are coming back to us within days and most importantly, it all happens behind the scenes so we can finally get back to our day jobs and not have to chase people."

Sue Haslett
The Air Ambulance Service

"We’ve rolled it out to each of our care homes and it is now a fully fledged system across the whole of Advinia. When rolling out new technology across such a large company, we were happy to see it only took a couple of months to really get going in every single one of our homes."

Advinia

"We’ve made RefNow the central part of our on-boarding process and we’re happy to let the references come back to us without having to do any of the time consuming chasing that we had to do beforehand."

Grace Foods

"The way we use RefNow is to handle all of our incoming and outgoing reference requests, across the board. RefNow has enabled us to automate our entire referencing process, and in turn has given us back countless hours each week to apply our time elsewhere."

River Island