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Recruiting Autistic Candidates: 4 Key Changes to Make Hiring Processes More Inclusive

Eightfold

Nearly half of 25-year-old adults who are autistic have never held a paying job, according to the nonprofit organization Autism Speaks. Avoid vague questions or trendy pop-psychology questions that have no discernable connection to job tasks and responsibilities,” she advises. interpreting job postings too literally.

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How LinkedIn’s Skills-Based Hiring Pilot Delivered Jobs to Workers Who Didn’t Meet Basic Qualifications

Linkedin Talent Blog

Through this innovative pilot program, the company has hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — two-plus years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focusing on skills rather than experience and education.

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4 Easy Ways to Determine If a Candidate Will Be the Right Fit

Employment Metrix

Assessing attention skills. An essential part of any job is to follow directions. Therefore, assessing a candidate’s ability to follow instructions is paramount to ensuring that he/she will provide quality work and results. Many companies are increasingly including skills assessment tasks as part of their interview process.

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How a Teenager's Viral Post Points to a Huge Hiring Opportunity

Linkedin Talent Blog

Rewrite job descriptions to make them more inclusive. When you’re writing a job description, think about what skills an employee really needs to perform the role effectively. Trim your job descriptions wherever possible to include only those skills that are essential to the position.

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How a New LinkedIn Hiring Initiative Takes 'Skills Not Schools' to Heart and Eliminates Basic Qualifications

Linkedin Talent Blog

Through this innovative pilot program, the company has hired 13 customer support consultants by removing the basic qualification — two-plus years of customer service experience on email, chat, and phone — from the job description and focusing on skills rather than experience and education.

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How the Right Technology Can Circumvent Unconscious Hiring Bias

Eightfold

One study by the nonprofit organization Catalyst found that companies with more women in executive positions had a 34 percent higher shareholder return and a 26 percent higher return on invested capital than companies with less diverse leadership. Smarter Assessments. Why Fight Hiring Bias? Use What You’ve Built.

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How Fresh Job Descriptions Can Help Your Recruitment Efforts Bloom

Recruiting Daily Advisor

Spring is a great time for HR leaders and hiring managers to unearth their companies’ stale job descriptions; inspect them for tired, old phrases; and infuse them with creative, new language. Something else that is becoming an important part of all job descriptions: why candidates should consider the opportunity at hand.