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Skills-First Hiring: Addressing Common Misconceptions and Resistance

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Companies can also implement structured skills assessments and standardized interviews to provide objective measures of candidate abilities. Skepticism About Skills Assessments The Misconception: Some employers doubt the effectiveness of skills assessments, questioning whether these tests can accurately measure a candidate’s abilities.

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How Should Job Candidates Use AI? Here’s Helpful Guidelines from Canva

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Candidates are using generative AI for resume writing, interview prep, assessments, and even real-time interview answers. So, companies should be developing guidelines for job seekers about how they can use AI fairly in their interviews and assessments. Amy notes that the guidelines are there to help her team as well. “We

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Getting Recruiters Onboard with AI: A Practical Guide

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AI should handle repetitive, low-value tasks, while recruiters focus on strategic decision-making, candidate relationships, and cultural assessments. Human-AI Collaboration: Position AI as a tool for augmentation, not replacement. Recruiters need to feel confident in the technology, and that confidence comes from understanding how it works.

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4 Guidelines On Choosing The Right Candidate Assessment Tool

Ideal

An accurate candidate assessment tool gives you an opportunity to evaluate candidates based on their skills, knowledge, ability to perform, and behavioural style. It becomes clear then that recruiters would benefit by using a candidate assessment tool before a face-to-face interview. Personality assessment. 24×7 support.

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Finding the Diamond in Your Candidate Pool

Speaker: Anise Wiley-Little - Author, Senior Executive, Board Member and Managing Partner at MEGA-K Enterprises LLC

Building guidelines, policies, and training for inclusive hiring practices that align with your organization’s vision, mission, and goals of Diversity Equity, Inclusion, and Justice will allow you to cast a wide net in attracting the best talent.

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What is the Purpose of an ATS? | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

This allows hiring managers to rapidly assess their current talent pool and identify the applicants that would be the best match based on qualifications and culture fit. Customizable screening guidelines — You’ll want to customize applicant screening guidelines based on benchmarks and skills to fit your company and the position.

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Combatting Bias in AI Recruiting: Part 1

Leoforce

We quickly learned and identified gaps in our organizations and ethical guidelines. In May, the European Union released a standard guideline defining ethical AI use that experts are hailing as a step toward tackling the black box AI problem to, in turn, create better decision-making software. If it’s biased, we’re biased.