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August 17, 2022 12:17 pm
Published by Shanan Marshall
Without a doubt social media is one of the most popular forms of communication today, especially with regards to employment opportunities. You can search almost anyone on sites such as LinkedIn and be able to find their entire employment history. However, it can be hard to determine what is embellished and in many cases entirely inaccurate. As a result, the use of this information in making any selection/de-selection decisions is fraught with the same inaccuracies, ultimately rendering them ineffective. These are the same pitfalls that have stunted the excitement and adoption of AI screening tools that were all the rage 5 years ago. With over 43 years of experience, Self Management Group devised a way of empirically and seamlessly assessing key demographic attributes within an existing validated psychometric assessment tool. This integrated approach creates a more robust ideal candidate profile, while placing validity and reliability at the forefront of the......
August 10, 2022 1:08 pm
Published by Shanan Marshall
The overwhelming shift to online recruitment was a windfall to talent acquisition professionals, particularly those responsible for high volume recruitment. It is an easy process to source and hire candidates if quantity is the only issue. Online sourcing strategies through the major job search engines like Indeed, can provide a continuous flow of candidates to recruiters and hiring managers for consideration. As discussed in previous blogs, many of these candidates are not high quality and can be overwhelming to recruiters without the appropriate technology and tools. To help recruiters identify quality candidates from this flow, most organizations pre screen demographics which are often are either inaccurate or embellished questions/items. In our 2021 Summer Blog Series our talent analytics team researched the predictive power of demographics and found that only 6 factors predicted future performance. To further complicate the search for quality candidates, some recruiters are reinforced for quantity only. The quality......
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