Pre-selection is an efficient and cost-effective early step of the recruiting process, with the goal to filter out candidates that do NOT match the job profile. It’s called negative selection: the ability to identify and deselect the people that will not perform well in the job.

Then there is the classical positive selection: which of the suitable candidates are best suited to the job requirements and the team? Logically, a successful hire (meaning a successful…

Pre-selection is an efficient and cost-effective early step of the recruiting process, with the goal to filter out candidates that do NOT match the job profile. It’s called negative selection: the ability to identify and deselect the people that will not perform well in the job.

Then there is the classical positive selection: which of the suitable candidates are best suited to the job requirements and the team? Logically, a successful hire (meaning…

Companies with a diverse workforce perform better. A 2009 study by McKinsey shows a connection between gender diversity and financial performance of a company: a company in which the management is gender diverse (more than 30% women in top management of the company), for example, had a 53 % better EBIT margin. So far so good.

So how do you get a more diverse workforce? Well, you probably already know it: it all depends on fair personnel selection. Fairness…

In order to meet today’s work requirements, you need to find employees with the right set of competencies, skills, and knowledge. Hence, it has become a crucial factor for companies to identify and select the right candidates from the very first stage of the selection process. The pool of suitable specialists is not as big as it used to be…

As we pointed out in our previous article “…

Many of our customers chose to use video interviews in preselection in order to save time and money. They came for efficiency reasons and stayed, thanks to the many other benefits of video interviews. Below I present to you a few of these reasons: high volume recruiting, international recruitment, decentralised organisation and benefits for candidates. To get a more complete picture, I recommend our “…

Hiring managers want to get the right candidates as quickly as possible. Candidates they love to work with, who have the right mindset for the job and fit into the team! Nothing is more frustrating than having to sit through a personal interview when the applicant just doesn’t fit at all. Imagine how great it would be to avoid this, by narrowing down the field to really qualified candidates earlier on? How can pre-screening candidates be quicker and more…

Asking the right questions in a job interview is not easy. Sure there are numerous lists with interview questions, but how can you be sure they fit the job requirements? You can’t. A wonderful counter example would be the question we all know: "what…

Here we are! Back from holidays, back in the office, back to pushing recruiting innovation forward. At least that’s our goal for 2015. I know, you will already have read a lot of articles about the upcoming trends of this year - but still you have not read ours I am sure you will not have heard about eye tracking or voice analysis for HR, right? Here is our personal post on what trends HR won’t be able to avoid this year! Enjoy!

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The HR and recruiting scene is currently being flooded with advice on 'how to create the best candidate experience'. The way your company conducts the recruiting process is especially important because it leaves a lasting impression on the candidate.

The candidate experience is a significant aspect of building a strong employer brand, something which is vital for…

Which selection tool should I use to identify the best suited candidate for my vacancy? This is not a trivial question, since you certainly want to make a good decision and know you cannot rely on your gut feeling, right? That’s why we will have a closer look at two selection tools which have proven to be very useful in everyday recruiting: online assessment center andpre-recorded video interviews. Just to remind you, in the last post, we presented two other smart selection…

In order to meet the challenges of skills shortage, war for talent and demographic change, you need to ensure a professional personnel selection. For this purpose, however, more and more methods and tools are available. We will present you several very useful selection tools and their advantages as well as their disadvantages! In the first part of our series, we’ll be talking about “Realistic Job Previews” and the “Situational Judgment Test”.…

A successful and sustainable employer branding does not end with receiving an application. Personnel selection is actually the first real touch point between your applicant and you, and it is, therefore, vital to your recruiting success to continuously communicate with them so as to make them feel acknowledged.The selection process has to be at the center of a coherent and company-specific employer brand communication. Excellent and well-thought…

In order to meet today’s work requirements, employees need the right set of competencies, skills, and knowledge. Hence, it has become a crucial factor for companies to identify and select the right candidates from the very first stage of the selection process. The pool of suitable specialists is not as big as it used to be… However, in the war for talent, it’s not only about being the quickest. Every wrong decision is devastating. That‘s why every…