Cross-Post LLC Partners with Checkster

New automated online reference checking and employment verification product to be offered to newspapers.

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 5, 2007 -- Cross-Post LLC a provider of specialized recruitment resources for newspapers and media companies, announced today a partnership with Checkster at the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) Recruitment Conference in Chicago. Checkster is a personal feedback management tool and the innovator and leader of automated online reference checking and employment verification products used by company's nationwide. Cross-Post, known for its highly successful Diversity Job Posting Network, will offer the Checkster products through a marketing agreement.

"We are very pleased to be partnering with Checkster. Their automated, online Reference Checking and Employment Verification products are rewriting the standard for quality and cost effective reference checking resources. They are an ideal "upsell" or add-on" product for the Recruitment Advertising divisions of newspapers and online media companies." noted Carl Braun, CEO of Cross-Post LLC.

As newspapers are taking classified employment ads from employers, their sales teams can offer the Checkster tools for a very low incremental rate saving the employer hours of follow-up and providing a valuable tool for candidate selection. The newspaper simply takes the email address of the hiring manager and forwards it to Cross-Post who then arranges for an online Checkster account for the employer. When the hiring manager identifies a qualified candidate(s) they log in to Checkster and input the email address of the job candidate(s). Time invested is one to two minutes. The system takes over from there sending the candidate an invitation to provide references, follows up with those references, has them fill out a five minute online assessment of the candidate and forwards a full report of the results to the hiring manager.

"Checkster takes the variability out of the reference checking process." said Yves Lermusi, Founder and President of Checkster and former Executive with Taleo. "Accuracy and truthfulness in reference checking reach a new level as Checkster provides more references who give truthful confidential feedback. Moreover the hiring manager or recruiter saves hours in chasing down references." he added.

Checkster customers agree: "Getting the right people in our company is what will ensure tomorrow's success. Checkster helps us make the right decision," states Babak Dehnad, HR Director at MySQL.

Each time the employer purchases the resource along with their online or print classified advertisement, they receive the ability to perform a reference check for 5 candidates and up to 15 references per candidate. This brings the cost per reference down to a few dollars per candidate; a fraction of the cost of other services or the traditional telephone process while improving the quality of the results.

"As a corporate hiring manager and career recruitment professional I immediately saw the value of the Checkster products for the employer. Cross-Post prides itself on offering newspapers products their employer/advertisers want and need like Checkster and our Diversity Job Posting Network." Braun said.

The newspaper industry is always looking for valuable products they can use to generate incremental revenue in a soft market. The Checkster product is easy to sell, implement and use and like the Diversity Job Posting Network, costs the newspaper absolutely nothing to implement.

Interested newspapers and media firms should contact Carl Braun at 619-575-6577 for more information.

Contact:
Carl Braun
CEO
Cross-Post LLC.
619-575-6577

About Cross-Post LLC (www.cross-post.com):
Cross-Post is the leader in providing recruitment products for the newspaper advertising industry. The Cross-Post Diversity Job Posting Network is a unique upsell that allows advertisers to place recruitment ads on seven of the top diversity niche job boards on the Internet like Latpro.com, Workplacediversity.com and RetirementJobs.com at a fraction of the retail price. These resources are provided at no up-front cost to the newspaper and offer employers vital tools for attracting qualified minority and female talent.

About Checkster (www.checkster.com):
Checkster is the industry innovator responsible for developing an automated, leading edge reference check, employment verification and 360 feedback tool. Their products are designed to eliminate variability in the hiring process and provide employers with quality tools for selecting, evaluating and growing employees.

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