Hiring teams using Eploy can now improve the accuracy of their candidate selection by adding ThriveMap’s Realistic Job Assessments into their workflow. In entry level roles, first week attrition can exceed 50 percent, usually because the reality of the job doesn’t match what the candidate expected. This integration gives Eploy users something they cannot get […]
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A guide to fair, consistent, and predictive selection methods for entry-level hiring. Every week another Reddit post goes viral, exposing the strange, improvised “tests” candidates face. And this week, one Reddit post summed up the whole problem in a single screenshot. A hiring manager proudly described their “punctuality test”: They join a Zoom call 15 […]
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Personality tests can be useful tools in the right context. They offer structure, they give teams a shared language, and they can help people understand how they prefer to work. But when recruiters start using personality tests for hiring — especially as part of high-volume or frontline recruitment — things often go wrong. Misinterpretation, overconfidence […]
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Personality testing has been part of the HR toolkit for decades. It feels structured, it feels objective, and it gives the impression of insight into how people think and behave.But the moment you use a personality test for pre-employment screening, the expectations change. The assessment must be predictive, job-relevant, and defensible — not just interesting. […]
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Hiring teams today face an overwhelming number of ATS options, and most vendors position themselves as suitable for any organisation. And technically, they can be. But when you look at how these systems are adopted in the real world, clearer patterns emerge. Certain platforms consistently show up in graduate schemes, others in multi-site operational roles, and others […]
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A bad hire hurts. But using assessments that can’t be legally justified? That can cost far more — in tribunal payouts, reputation, and compliance penalties. From the UK to North America, employment law is converging around one principle: selection tools must be fair, evidence-based, and clearly job-related. Regulators, candidates, and courts are now asking what […]
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Over half of candidates now use AI at some point in their job search.That’s not a threat — it’s a signal that hiring needs to evolve. As Chris Platts, CEO of ThriveMap, puts it: “It’s not about beating AI. Companies use AI too. The real question is: how do we design hiring processes that still […]
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Hiring one person can feel tough enough. Hiring hundreds—or even thousands—within a matter of weeks? That’s high volume recruiting. It’s a different world of talent acquisition, and it comes with its own challenges, processes, and tools. High volume recruiting—sometimes called volume hiring or mass recruitment—is the process of hiring large numbers of employees in a […]
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Recruitment is one of the most critical processes in any organisation, but also one of the most inconsistent. That’s why the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) created ISO 30405, a global benchmark for recruitment. The standard sets out best-practice guidelines for hiring that is fair, transparent, and effective. In 2023, ISO updated the standard to […]
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