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Changing pre-hire assessment provider? 5 things to consider

Your pre-hire assessment provider plays a vital role in the recruitment process. It’s responsible for helping you to identify the best fit candidates in your recruitment process and helps your recruitment team to work strategically and efficiently. Changing pre-hire assessment providers can be overwhelming, especially if you’re not clear on what alternative solutions are available […]

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Get Instant Hiring Clarity with Signal – Job Analysis Made Easy

The working world is changing. New skills, behaviors, and ways of ‘doing things’ are emerging. Understanding how these changes affect the jobs we do, and the skills required for them has become increasingly difficult. Hiring managers, recruiters, and HR teams can have different perspectives on what’s required when hiring. And role experts – the people […]

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5 Dangers of Using Off-the-Shelf Pre-Hire Assessments

Pre-hire assessments can be a great way to screen potential applicants. They can save time, help you hire employees that are a better fit, and improve new hire retention.   However, today’s recruitment leaders have an overwhelming amount of choice when it comes to candidate assessments. One question many of us have is whether to use […]

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5 Reasons to Integrate Pre-Hire Assessments with Your ATS

Why Should You Integrate Pre-Hire Assessments with Your ATS?  Integrating pre-hire assessments with your Applicant Tracking System (ATS) can help you streamline the hiring process and reduce time to hire. Nearly all companies are using some kind of ATS during the recruitment process. In fact, over 98% of Fortune 500 companies use an ATS. As […]

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How to Run Better Intake Meetings (For Recruiters)

What is an Intake Meeting?  The intake meeting marks the beginning of the hiring process. It’s when the recruiter meets with the hiring manager to discuss the role and the skills needed to do the job. It’s your opportunity to find out what kind of candidate the manager is looking for. An intake meeting is […]

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Recruiting Trends: Top 5 Trends You Need to Know for 2022

If someone had told you this is the way 2020-2021 would pan out, you wouldn’t have believed them. Dramatic changes in business operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic mean that organisations need to be prepared for further changes in 2022. It has become apparent that organisations with the ability to adapt under pressure are the […]

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Cognitive ability tests: 6 common tests used in hiring

The primary aspect of recruiting is predicting how a candidate will perform in the job. The difficult part is figuring that out. How do you know if a candidate is able to make effective decisions under pressure? How can you figure out if they have the required problem-solving skills? Cognitive ability tests provide answers to […]

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High volume hiring: 9 ways to improve your process

Update November 2021: The market is changing as we emerge from the pandemic, and high volume hiring has never been more important or more difficult than it is today. As such we’ve reviewed our suggestions and tweaked our list to give you the very latest high volume hiring tips. Are you hiring lots of people […]

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41 Employee Retention Ideas (That Actually Work)

Employee retention is simply keeping those whom you wish to keep and letting go of those whom you do not wish to keep. But retaining top talent requires regular work. People’s priorities change, as do organizational objectives. However, what shouldn’t change is a relentless commitment to making people feel welcomed, included, and appreciated in the […]

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