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Situational Judgement Test: How to Create Your Own

A job candidate’s resume and first impression at an interview can only tell you so much about who they are. While resumes can be beneficial to collect preliminary information, the self-selected history of prior skills and job experiences on paper cannot predict how successful they will perform at a job in your company. This discrepancy […]

Multitasking Test: How to Test Multitasking skills

Many different factors can affect an individual’s ability to multitask effectively. Multitasking tests can be a great way to ensure candidates can handle daily life in certain roles. Completing more than one task at a time, especially more than one complex task, is a “meta-skill” that companies often look for in new hires. Multitasking is […]

The Best Recruiting Software for Remote Hiring

Picture this. You’re getting overwhelmed with open vacancies for jobs that need filling fast. You log into your ATS, but instead of the usual stack of CVs, each candidate is ranked from top to bottom in order of their job suitability. As you start to scan down the candidate shortlist you realise that your top […]

Online typing assessments: The 5 best to use for hiring

You’re hiring for a role that requires excellent typing skills. It could be for data entry, note-taking, clerical work, translations, or transcriptions. Either way, testing someone’s ability to type quickly and accurately is best done via an online typing assessment. We’ve compiled five of the best online typing assessments so you can find the lightning-fast […]

Predictive Hiring Analytics: How to Use Them

Companies have a wealth of information about their employees. Most HR systems can easily capture performance data, retention data and employee engagement. This data lends itself well to using predictive analytics to hire people using statistical models instead of pure intuition. Collecting and organising data on job performance, staff retention and engagement of existing employees […]

How to use AI responsibly in Recruitment

For many, AI conjures up images of Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s a good idea in theory but a dystopian nightmare in practice. But despite our apocalyptic fears, AI is strangely marketed as a recruiter’s new best friend. In fact, I can’t help but wonder that if they’d named it Augmented Intelligence instead […]

Candidate Selection Tools: The 8 Best To Use When Recruiting

The digital ecosystem of Talent Technology is complex. Many companies talk a good game, but finding out what they actually do and how they do it takes work. This article cuts through the noise (and empty marketing promises) to provide insight into 8 of the best candidate selection tools used when hiring. Why use candidate […]

Peer interview process: how to create a great one

Peer interview questions remain one of the most valuable ways of getting to know a prospective candidate. In a peer interview, the candidate can ask existing employees questions about the company and job. The hiring manager can then observe whether the applicant will work well with the team and peer group they’re hiring into. This […]

Personality Questionnaires for Recruitment: 7 Common Tests

Are you a recruiter or hiring manager looking to use personality tests for hiring? Read on to learn about the best tests to use, what to consider when choosing one, and how best to administer personality questionnaires in recruiting. Why use personality tests when recruiting? Employing the wrong person is a costly mistake. Personality tests […]