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Why Active Learning Outperforms Baselining in Candidate Skill Assessments

Vervoe

Baselining in skill assessments is popular for its one-size-fits-all approach to selecting picture-perfect employees. Here, we’ll explore reasons why you should consider active learning over baselining in candidate skill assessments and how this can benefit your team. Here’s how.

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Reference Checks: Sample Questions and Best Practices

4 Corner Resources Staffing Blog

If there is one thing candidates and hiring managers can agree on, it’s that reference checks can be a pain. Always do your reference checks to catch red flags before making a bad hire and assess fit before making an offer. We’ll also give you sample reference check questions for your next interview round.

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OutMatch Combines Assessments, Video, References Into Single ‘Stack’

Recruiting Daily

OutMatch launched the Hiring Experience Stack, a “seamless orchestration” of capabilities in assessments, video interviews and reference checking that it says will deliver a more humanized, candidate-driven hiring experience. CEO Greg Moran said the stack allows candidates to “drive their own selection process.”

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Why the best hospitals use automated reference checks

iCIMS

Simply put, iCIMS SkillSurvey automates the process of getting feedback from references. A study showed that hospitals using iCIMS SkillSurvey have higher HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) star ratings than other hospitals, specifically in areas that measure patient satisfaction.

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Soft Skills, Hard Benefits: Assessing the Key Predictors of Successful Hires

Collecting references from former managers and colleagues to collect critical success predictors. Download our eBook and discover how employee soft skills can translate into hard benefits for your company: 6 primary soft skills that will influence a candidate’s future success. What you might be missing and how the process should work.

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How to Assess Cognitive Thinking to Hire Exceptional Candidates

Vervoe

Fortunately, this guide has everything you need to know about cognitive thinking and how to assess it properly. Attention Otherwise known as focusing, attention refers to the ability of a candidate to center their mind on a specific stimulus, information, or issue. What is cognitive thinking? Cognitive tests can be verbal or nonverbal.

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Skills Assessment Test: Definition, Benefits, Process & Examples

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Skills assessment tests improve hiring success by allowing candidates to practically demonstrate their skill sets, personality traits, and real-life job performance. 2023 saw a 27% rise in companies using assessment tools to find the best candidate s, so if you’re new to skills assessments, let us catch you up.

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The Road Map to Improving the "Quality of Hire" in Your Organization

Speaker: Matt Craven, Talent Acquisition Project Manager, Schneider Electric

Is using assessment tools enough? Are references enough? How does an organization minimize their risk? What steps do they take to improve the “quality of hire”? Most importantly, how do you measure change in quality of hire? Is interviewing enough?

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Building AI to Unlearn Bias in Recruiting

Research shows that the hiring process is biased and unfair. While we have made progress to solve this, it’s potentially at risk due to advancements in AI technology. This eBook covers these issues & shows you how AI can ensure workplace diversity.