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Why Empathy, Not Dollars, Is Key to Candidate Experience

SmartRecruiters

According to Businessolver’s 2018 State of Workplace Empathy study: Ninety percent of employees are more likely to stay with an organization that empathizes with their needs. However, a little empathy goes a long way, with examples of how Facebook or Pandora adopted more inclusive hiring practices for the better being well known.

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Time to Get Personal: How to Get the Most Out of A Candidate’s First Interview

Traitify

Modern personality assessments like the Big Five Personality Inventory can accurately measure a person’s Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Emotional Stability. Naturally, none of this information will be at your fingertips unless you’ve started a job seeker’s experience with an assessment.

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Time to Get Personal: How to Get the Most Out of A Candidate’s First Interview

Traitify

Modern personality assessments like the Big Five Personality Inventory can accurately measure a person’s Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Emotional Stability. Naturally, none of this information will be at your fingertips unless you’ve started a job seeker’s experience with an assessment.

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How Big of a Missed Opportunity is Your Online Job Application Black Hole?

Traitify

Imagine a job-seeker landing on your careers page - but instead of being asked to navigate your careers portal, was instead asked to take a personality assessment. The personality science in the background then serves up a list of jobs they should apply for based on their interests and preferences.

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How Big of a Missed Opportunity is Your Online Job Application Black Hole?

Traitify

Imagine a job-seeker landing on your careers page - but instead of being asked to navigate your careers portal, was instead asked to take a personality assessment. The personality science in the background then serves up a list of jobs they should apply for based on their interests and preferences.

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The Most In-Demand Hard and Soft Skills of 2020

Linkedin Talent Blog

Our list of the most in-demand soft skills is headed by creativity, just as it was in 2018 and 2019. You can screen applicants for EQ by asking references targeted questions, such as how did the candidate handle a previous mistake or what motivates them; giving candidates personality assessments; or bringing them on for short-term projects.

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Are You Slowing Your Company Growth Down By Ignoring These Hiring Trends?

Spark Hire

2018 is set to be the year of rapid growth. Fifty-six percent said they used personality assessments. These types of assessments identify the right characteristics in seconds, while it takes a human hours of interviewing. This will help you find tools that objectively assess job seekers.

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