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Recruiters: Use Cognitive Aptitude Tests to Expand Your Candidate Pipeline

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(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. It might not come as a surprise to you that low unemployment and a growing skills gap have created a talent deficit. Enjoy the article!)

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Evaluate candidates with a pre-employment assessment process

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In your hiring process, it’s important to accurately gauge the skill level of your candidates as it pertains to their ability to do their job. Assessing these skills can take a wide variety of forms. You may ask candidates for a writing sample, a project, or a presentation. Usefulness of assessments.

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How Assessments Help You Hire – Even During a Talent Shortage

Criteria Corp

We all know hiring during a talent shortage isn’t easy. Employers are facing the increasingly-common challenge of finding candidates to fill their openings. Employers have dropped everything from standard job requirements to pre-employment assessments. The Cost of a Bad Hire.

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5 Tips for Mitigating Interviewer Bias

Criteria Corp

Hiring diverse teams is crucial for bridging opportunity gaps and building successful companies, yet the process for identifying and hiring diverse top talent is often riddled with biases. Interviewer bias occurs when an interviewer, who is influenced by their unconscious biases, makes subtle assumptions about a candidate.

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2020 D&I Trends to Watch Out For

Criteria Corp

Diversity initiatives are crucial for finding and supporting top talent from all backgrounds and abilities. Demand for more diverse workplaces has been increasing, with a recent Glassdoor survey predicting recruitment of D&I professionals to be a growing priority in the hiring space. Broadening Job Requirements.

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How Software Companies Use Assessments for Organization-Wide Hiring

Criteria Corp

82% of organizations use some form of pre-employment assessment in the hiring process. Organizations across every industry have used assessments to hire for just about every job, from entry-level to executive. And the software industry is no exception.

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Why It’s Important to Assess Candidates Across Multiple Dimensions

Criteria Corp

And it’s especially critical for the hiring process because any hiring decision poses a prediction problem. The hiring manager needs to predict which candidate is most likely to exhibit the behaviors that lead to success in a particular role. The Role of Evidence-Based Hiring. Some are more predictive than others.