Resources
Articles and tips to help you achieve your recruitment goals.
Structured Interviewing: How to do it effectively
Everyone knows how stressful interviews can be, but although they commonly cause sweaty palms for interviewees, they can cause stress for recruiters and hiring managers too. Interviewing entails a lot of time and effort on both sides and often still results in failed...
Criterion Validity: How and Why To Measure It
Hiring is a guessing game. Almost 1 in 2 hires fail in the first 18 months and, if we're honest with ourselves, we don’t usually validate that what we’re looking for in new hires is what we should actually be looking for. Some basic KSAs (knowledge, skills, and...
Construct Validity: How to Measure It and Why It Matters
Imagine you’re about to shoot an arrow at a target. You’ve been boasting to your friends about how accurate a shot you are, and this is your opportunity to prove it to them. You shoot the arrow and it hits the centre of the target. You load up the next arrow, it hits...
Adverse Impact: What It Is and How You Can Minimise It
Creating a business that is both inclusive and diverse is essential in today’s world. It can improve business outcomes, profitability and create happier, more engaged workplaces. But while some hiring processes may appear to be inclusive on the surface, recruiters...
What is a Realistic Job Assessment and how does it work?
Even the slightest disconnect between a candidate's expectations and the reality of a job can lead to failed hires. Research shows that 48% of people have quit a job because the reality of it was different from how they imagined it would be in the recruitment process...
Attrition Rate: What it Means and How To Calculate It
Change happens, whether we like it or not. An organisation’s staff one year is seldom the same as it was the year prior. Some employees will be fired, while others may just choose to move on. Because of this, attrition (the loss of staff members) is an inevitable...