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Effective Methods of Recruitment and Selection for Hiring Top Talent

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External recruiting, on the other hand, is more time-consuming because it requires you to source, screen, and interview multiple people, then complete negotiations and onboarding once you’ve selected a candidate. Inbound recruiting strategies include blog posts, videos, employee testimonials, and employer branding efforts, just to name a few.

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

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If you’re looking for someone with a proven sales track record, or a master at Excel, there are easy ways to screen for those skills. Have candidates take personality assessments. Personality assessments can also offer insight into a candidate’s EQ levels. And, emotional intelligence falls into that category.

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Benefits and Types of Psychometric Tests in Recruitment

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Psychometric tests may be given to assess a candidate on the required skills, to gauge their likely behavior in various scenarios, to understand their reasoning, and to analyze their potential for success. Psychometric testing is useful during the screening phase to ensure that only qualified candidates move on to the interview round.

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4 Things To Look Out For When Using A Personality Assessment

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What’s Wrong With Using A Personality Assessment? The great news is that use of a personality assessment in the hiring process is growing in adoption. But what’s not so great is how to determine which assessment to invest in to help build your company. Don’t get caught up in the flash of features.

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Blind Hiring: A How-To Guide To Reduce Bias & Increase Diversity

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The original blind hiring experiments were conducted by orchestras when musicians started auditioning behind a screen to hide their gender. Blind hiring technique #1: Blind candidate screening. Blind candidate screening has the potential to be an important strategy for increasing workplace diversity.

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A Complete Guide to Using Psychometric Tests in Recruitment

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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. Abstract reasoning tests measure potential analytical performance, and they’re great for assessing how someone will perform in jobs where critical thinking is of the essence.

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How To Overcome Hiring Challenges In The Customer Service Industry

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Customer Service Hiring Tip #1: Make culture fit a top priority when screening candidates. Culture fit, the term used to describe how a person’s attitudes and beliefs align with those of the organization, is often viewed as a secondary rather than a primary qualifier when narrowing down your pool of candidates. It is a vicious cycle.