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October 20, 2022 7:57 am
Published by Shanan Marshall
Many companies are currently struggling with the same issue, an inability to source enough QUALITY TALENT. The talent landscape has shifted dramatically and online sourcing channels (e.g., Indeed, GlassDoor) are not generating enough high-quality candidates. As is illustrated below, roughly 85% of candidates have an “Average” or Below probability for success in the position that they are applying to, yet companies are hiring 92.5% of their workforce from this low probability talent pool. Self Management Group’s data suggests that there needs to be a change not only in the sourcing strategies themselves (a shift towards more warm source/relationship recruitment), but also in the content of the recruitment conversation. As can be seen in the table below, doing so has the capacity to significantly change the composition of one’s talent pool, and thus the ability to be more selective of top talent. The table below shows the results a Canadian Financial......
October 12, 2022 12:02 pm
Published by Shanan Marshall
Welcome to the 2nd installment of our blog series on the importance of leveraging both the art and science of selecting top performers. In our previous blog we demonstrated that the predictive power of a validated psychometric assessment tool is far higher than that of a hiring manager’s “gut-feel” prediction of a candidates’ future performance levels. With that being said, the use of both pieces of information was found to produce the highest level of selection accuracy, reinforcing the need for selection processes to include both art and science. With 43 years of experience, and over 10,000 validation studies under our belt, SMG could see the critical importance of including both subjective and objective components within the hiring process. A multicomponent systematic process that quantifies and evaluates a candidate’s Talent, Effort, and Fit for any particular position within an organization. What differentiates the Selection Rater from other selection processes in......
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