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Recruiting Trends to Watch

NPA Worldwide

Qualigence International has released its 2016 Recruiting Trends white paper. Candidate Assessments. Employers are getting more sophisticated in how candidates are evaluated, from video interviewing to personality assessments to sample work assignments and more. Customized Benefits.

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6 Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Share Their Reading Recommendations

Linkedin Talent Blog

women when she started in late 2016. Leadership starts with you, and the book starts with a personal assessment. The head of inclusion, diversity, and workforce transition at the Australian mining giant BHP , Fiona has been tasked with getting the company’s workforce to gender parity by 2025 — it was 17.6% Great read!”.

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Assessing Personality Types When Hiring – Astrology or Science?

Hundred5

The data can favor the latter, with 75% of large companies saying they use personality assessments to screen their applicants. And, if that’s not enough, 2016 research shows a combination of cognitive ability and personality tests predicted role performance with 78% accuracy. Let’s look at each one in turn.

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Diversity Hiring: 6 Steps To Hiring More Diverse Candidates

Ideal

Tool 1: P re-hire assessment. Research has found that companies that use a pre-hire personality assessment have workplaces that are more racially diverse. Personality assessments help increase workplace diversity because personality scores do not significantly differ for minority group members (i.e.,

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New Marketplace Additions: December 2016

SmartRecruiters

In December 2016, we added three new partners, including eSkill , First Advantage , and T&CC. Personality and motivation are the top factors that decide between success and failure? TCC online personality assessments will help you get valuable insight about your candidates and their work behavior and performance.

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3 Applicant Tracking Systems That Will Help You Hire Generation Z

Capterra

In 2016, 78% of Millennials used their phones to search for and apply for jobs. If a candidate receives a lower score for a certain personality trait, the program provides suggested questions you can ask a candidate during an interview to dig into why that candidate might have received that low score. Bias avoidance.

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The Square Peg And Round Hole Candidate Syndrome

Sirona Consulting

Over 50% of companies are now using online assessment ( Cut-e 2016 Global Assessment Barometer ), with more employers now looking to assess for loyalty, honesty, integrity, commitment, leadership, creativity, cultural fit, decision making, emotional health/ability to cope with stress and, of course long-term potential.