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About Refereez

Built by a recruiter who knew reference checking could work better.

Refereez was created from firsthand experience of the chasing, inconsistent notes and limited visibility that often sit between a referee conversation and a hiring decision. The result is a more structured service that keeps technology and professional judgement working together.

Recruiter-founded

Designed from real hiring experience

WA-owned

Based in Perth, Western Australia

Australia-wide

Supporting teams and campaigns nationally

Human-accountable

Technology supports, people decide

Why Refereez exists

A completed reference is only useful if the evidence is clear.

Traditional reference work often lives across phone notes, emails and individual spreadsheets. The effort may be significant, yet the final record can still be difficult for a hiring manager or client to review.

Refereez brings structured digital collection, managed recruiter-led phone references, review indicators and professional reporting into one service. It is designed to improve the work around the decision while leaving accountability with the people making it.

The Refereez difference

Built for recruiters and hiring teams

Practical workflows and reports, grounded in recruitment reality.

Digital and human service in one place

Use structured collection and add a recruiter conversation where it adds value.

Designed for decision use

The final report is organised for review, discussion and authorised sharing.

Founder

Martyn J Hill

Perth, Western Australia
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Martyn is a recruitment professional with more than 15 years of agency and internal experience, including mining, blue-collar workforce and high-volume hiring across Australia.

Refereez grew from a practical observation: reference checking affects the quality and pace of hiring, but the process is too often treated as disconnected administration. Martyn built Refereez to give recruiters, employers, candidates and referees a clearer professional experience.

Martyn remains directly involved in product direction, customer conversations and the recruiter-led service standard.

How we work

Four principles behind the service.

Professional

Treat candidates, referees and hiring teams with clarity and respect.

Structured

Create a consistent record that is easier to review and discuss.

Human-led

Use technology to support judgement, not make the hiring decision.

Careful

Handle reference information with controlled access and clear purpose.

Security and privacy

Trust depends on more than good copy.

Refereez is designed around secure links, controlled access, company workspaces, audit records and privacy-conscious handling. Reference information is intended for authorised use and remains subject to human review.

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Public trust boundary

Refereez describes its current controls and service clearly. We do not present future certifications as completed, publish customer-specific operating models or suggest that an indicator makes an employment decision.

Focused workflow discussion

Talk directly with the team building Refereez.

See the product, explain your current reference pressures and decide whether the service fits your organisation.

No obligation. A practical conversation about fit, not a generic sales presentation.