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February 2, 2023 3:55 pm
Published by Shanan Marshall
When most HR personnel think of psychometric assessments, they think of them as simply hiring tools. One of the primary reasons for this is due to the fact that the majority of assessments in the marketplace are designed and developed to only support selection. While hiring and selection are important, a strong psychometric assessment should be able to support numerous facets of your organization’s overall Talent Strategy. This has become the “SMG Assessment Advantage”. The following blog highlights all of the pre and post hire utilities that SMG assessments support: 1) Attraction The most commonly cited issue in recruitment right now is that companies can’t attract top talent. This should come as no surprise, as almost every company recruits in the same way. Everyone posts text heavy job descriptions on the same 3 – 4 job boards, with no key differentiating qualities. Top talent doesn’t want “the same old”, they......
January 24, 2023 11:53 am
Published by Shanan Marshall
Our last blog illustrated the significant and tangible performance lifts associated with top talent). The value of attracting and selecting top talent cannot be undervalued or overlooked, nor can the direct and indirect costs associated with making a bad hire. Take Apple and Microsoft a few years back. Both companies were attempting to launch new operating systems, which were obviously in competition with one another for new users and market share. Apple launched its system after 2 years of development with the help of 600 engineers, while Microsoft spent 5 years in development and utilized 10,000 engineers, only to retract its product shortly after going to market. Two very different approaches to recruiting and selecting talent, with two very different outcomes and price tags. Most organizations have no clue what it costs to hire an employee, and if asked, most would significantly under estimate. This mindset at least partially explains......
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