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Forget Interview Questions: 4 Fresh Tactics to Screen Candidates for Emotional Intelligence

Linkedin Talent Blog

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a hot topic right now. So hot that it caused a lot of controversy on ABC’s The Bachelor, where one contestant told another that she “lacked the emotional intelligence” to be with this season’s bachelor. And, emotional intelligence falls into that category. Are they frustrated?

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A Complete Guide to Using Psychometric Tests in Recruitment

Hundred5

We’re not here to sell snake oil but rather introduce the idea of psychometric tests as a method for screening and hiring the best candidates. When hiring new employees, psychometric tests can help you determine how proficient a candidate is at performing certain tasks. Who doesn’t, right?

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Psychometric Testing vs Job Simulations

Vervoe

While psychometric testing in recruitment and selection is said to work best when it is combined with resume screening , interviews, and reference checks, the reality is that these insights don’t provide a way to view someone do the job before they get the job. A growing number of studies would suggest that the answer is no.

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The Most In-Demand Hard and Soft Skills of 2020

Linkedin Talent Blog

Last year, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and analytical reasoning led LinkedIn’s global list of the most in-demand hard skills. They’re all on the list again this year, but a skill we weren’t even looking at a year ago — blockchain — tops the list of most in-demand hard skills for 2020. But slipping in at No.

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Sales Associate Skills: What They Are and How to Test Them

The Hire Talent

Depending on the job description and the job candidate profile, you can use inventories and test batteries to assess other cognitive skills. However, if you want to screen candidates and make sure future sales associates will become future rock stars at their job, you can assess their computer literacy skills.

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Different Types of Pre-Employment Tests to Boost Remote Hiring

Recruiting Blogs

We thought we’d break down the different common types of pre-employment screening out there so you can decide what best suits your company and the talent you’re assessing. Skills Assessments. Skills assessments are made to test a job candidate's general work abilities, job-related skills and some soft skills.

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The Complete Guide to Skill Testing

Vervoe

Other types of job-readiness evaluations deploy validated psychometric assessments to identify those in-demand soft skills : things like motivation, conscientiousness, resilience, and emotional intelligence. At least one question should be multiple choice.