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What Is a Competency Model? Expert Guidance on Developing Yours

AIHR

Annelise Pretorius, Psychometrics Assessments Expert, AIHR The benefits of a competency model The benefits of an effective competency model include: Targeted training and development: Understanding employee strengths and weaknesses helps you plan focused development programs that boost performance and hone useful skills.

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Recruiters: Use Cognitive Aptitude Tests to Expand Your Candidate Pipeline

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: Today’s article is brought to you by our friends at Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. In the latest Manpower Group Talent Shortage Survey, more that 40 percent of global employers reported facing talent shortages. PwC’s 2018 CEO Survey reported that one-third of U.S.

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5 Ways to Reinvent the Traditional Job Interview

HR Bartender

According to LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends Report 2018 , fifty-six percent (56%) of talent professionals say that new interview tools and methods are changing the way they hire. Online assessments. The key is administering the assessment at the right point in the interview process. Job auditions. Casual interviews.

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4 Lessons on Navigating the Future From Convergence 2018

Cornerstone On Demand

Here, are our top takeaways about navigating the future from Convergence 2018: 1) The Generational Makeup of the Workforce Is Changing Over the last ten years or so, the workforce has been preparing for the advent of the millennial worker: the rising generation of the workforce. But at the same time, there's a severe lack of skilled workers.

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We Are Young: Tactics for Hiring Junior Developers

Speaker: Katrina Kibben, Founder and Principal Consultant of Three Ears Media, and Katherine Linchey, Relationship Manager at Codility

Historically, recruiters have avoided recent grads and junior talent because they didn’t have the tools or tactics to measure a candidate on aptitude or even know where to find them in the first place outside of college job fairs. Tactics to identify aptitude to grow as well as hiring for current ability. You'll learn.:

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How Recruiting Automation Can Improve Candidate Experience

Cornerstone On Demand

In a high-employment economy, there's a critical tangle in the modern recruiting experience that technology can help unravel: Job candidates want a simple and transparent application process with regular updates about their status—not frustrating silence. is an attractive employer, and draws 150 to 175 applications for every opening.

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Top 3 Things HR Leaders Can Do to Impact Retention in 2018

Trish McFarlane

Well, according to the latest HR Impact Survey from Aptitude Research Partners (coming soon), Mollie Lombardi and Madeline Laurano studied 508 organizations and their 2018 priorities and practices. Which ones do you think you can embrace today to make a difference in the first quarter of 2018? . *Be Why retention?