AIHR

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

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.

Competencies

Primalogik

AUGUST 1, 2024

Meanwhile, technical work skills pertain to aptitude in specific types of tasks. (In These are the workplace skills that people can build through many hours of study and practice, although they may stem from their interests and aptitudes. What do clients, coworkers, and employers love most about them?

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People Matters

JUNE 16, 2025

In fact, a 2024 Microsoft study found that roles in HR and operations are among the top non-technical occupations that are steadily adding AI skills to their aptitude. Doing so would require HR to hone skills that include vendor evaluation, data-driven ROI assessment, and integration into existing workflows.

HR Software

Recruiters Lineup

APRIL 28, 2025

Hiring tests are widely used in modern recruitment processes to evaluate candidates’ suitability for job roles. From cognitive ability assessments to personality tests and job simulations, employers rely on these tools to make informed hiring decisions. So, what makes a hiring test legally compliant?

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Recruiters Lineup

APRIL 27, 2025

Introduction: The Importance of Validity in HR Assessments In Human Resources (HR), the accuracy of tools used to assess skills, personalities, or job performance is critical. Validity ensures that an assessment truly measures what it claims to. What Is Discriminant Validity? Here’s why it matters: 1.

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Hacker Earth

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

They take code tests, technical aptitude tests, and interviews for the company to offer an impartial assessment of a candidate. They are professionals in assessing candidates to ensure that the best in the market are selected.

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Empuls

JULY 16, 2025

A Qualtrics study reveals that the more engaged employees are, the more open they are to applying AI at work. With a granular understanding of employee aptitude and interests, team leads and supervisors can ensure better role-talent alignment. ” Artificial Intelligence (AI) is finally making that wish come true.

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Visibility Software HR

APRIL 7, 2025

While many companies consider all-in-one HR/payroll software suites to manage their hiring needs, best-of-breed Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) offer distinct advantages that make them the smarter choice for talent acquisition. A positive candidate experience enhances your employer brand and increases the likelihood of securing top talent.

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Empuls

MARCH 24, 2025

That's a sales job description in a nutshell - and it rings with even sounder truth in modern times where three-four solutions for every thinkable business problem are waiting perpetually for a run in the market. With sudoku and atlas-like toys, they are instruments that can test and sharpen your kid’s intellect.

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Hacker Earth

OCTOBER 17, 2024

This is where skills assessment tests step in. These tests are structured tools designed to measure a candidate’s knowledge , abilities, and competencies in a specific domain. These tests can assess anything from technical expertise, such as coding or engineering skills, to soft skills like communication and leadership.

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PSB

AUGUST 5, 2025

Their aptitude for processing and creating language has opened new avenues across industries—ranging from translation and content creation to customer support and automation. Increasing accuracy: Empirical studies show CoT prompts improve performance on reasoning benchmarks like GSM8K.

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HR Bartender

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

(Editor’s Note: Today’s post is brought to you by our friends at Criteria Corp , a leading provider of pre-employment testing services. Use Assessments as Part of Your Recruitment Strategy. To help assess a candidate’s potential, organizations can use assessments. Enjoy the post!). The results were impressive.

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Cornerstone On Demand

AUGUST 22, 2018

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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HR Digest

JULY 12, 2020

In fact, 87 percent of employers believe that candidates often misrepresent themselves on resumes and job applications. To avoid the risks associated with a bad hire , employers are tasked with finding creative and logical ways to assess if the candidate is the best match for a specific role and the organization. Job-simulation.

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Visier

OCTOBER 27, 2016

At the same time, organizations are realizing that operationally focused processes and technology solutions are no longer enough either. Aptitude’s Strategic Talent Acquisition Trifecta includes recruitment marketing solutions, the traditional ATS, and onboarding solutions to create a true strategic hiring platform.

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Visier

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Aptitude Research Partners’ recent talent acquisition research found that 87% of organizations felt that a positive candidate experience has a significant impact on a candidate’s decision to join the organization, second only to compensation. Consistency is at the core of a strong employment brand. Why People Join Companies.

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TalentCulture

APRIL 6, 2017

A pre-employment test can accurately evaluate aptitude and personality, to assess a candidate’s real potential. The good news is that there are tests to do the heavy lifting. Aptitude: The Key Differentiator. The key is to recruit for aptitude as well as skill.

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Skillate

MAY 14, 2020

It is moving away from resume and phone screening of candidates to video interviews and skill assessments. As per studies, the global recruitment software market was valued at USD 1753.2 A superb solution to help with such recruitment issues is recruitment software. to reach USD 3095.8 mn by 2025.

Video Recruiting

Workable

JUNE 7, 2016

Assessing these skills can take a wide variety of forms. For jobs with an easily quantifiable skill-set, you may ask your candidates to complete a skills assessment , or standardized test to objectively gauge their competency. Assessing the qualifications of your job applicants can be challenging.

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Business Management Daily

MARCH 19, 2024

Hiring for fit is a practical approach for many employers. One increasingly popular option for finding the right fit is to incorporate hiring tests into the recruitment process. These tests are designed to evaluate whether someone’s personality aligns well with the duties of the role and within the overall organizational culture.

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Hppy

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Talent acquisition tests have become indispensable tools for HR teams aiming to enhance their recruitment strategy. Read on to learn how talent tests can drive recruitment excellence! Image by Drazen Zigic on Freepik What Are Talent Acquisition Tests in HR?

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Hppy

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

These tests have encouraged and improved dedication and integrity amongst law enforcement applicants. Sadly, the private sector has failed to engage in such detailed pre-employment investigations in the past. However, over the last decade, leading companies have started to understand the efficiency of pre-hire assessments.

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Visier

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

To make your time at #HRTechConf as successful as possible, we’ve picked the top sessions that represent these themes and promise to deliver actionable ideas and inspiring case studies you can use to drive the future of your HR function: Empowering a Better Candidate Experience: Capital One’s Transformative Business of Recruiting.

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EmployeeConnect

MAY 3, 2017

Pre-employment screening tests are used primarily for filtering job applicants and can include assessments of aptitude, personality, cognitive and language skills as well as functional knowledge. The various ways by which you can establish a super effective pre-employment screening process are as follows: 1.

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Visier

DECEMBER 29, 2016

According to Mollie Lombardi, Founder and CEO of Aptitude Research Partners, the simple time-to-hire ratio is no longer enough data. Download your complimentary copy of this study to find out what hiring managers at large organizations in the U.S. 12 Recruiting Tips from Talent Acquisition Leaders.

Talent Acquisition

Caliper

AUGUST 15, 2019

“Often the best solution to a management problem is the right person.” Pre-employment assessments are tools to help companies select better hires. Many organizations see the benefits of pre-employment evaluations and are considering adding them to their hiring processes, but where do you start?

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Achievers

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Self-awareness, social aptitude and the drive to deliver; emotional and social intelligence gets hard results. Our studies show it accounts for more than 85 percent of star performance in top leaders.” – Hay Group. I believe EI is one of the top (if not, THE top) investments an organization can make for their workforce. “In

Employee Engagement

HR Digest

MARCH 9, 2020

Situational judgment tests or SJTs are popular aptitude tests that employers utilize to test the problem-solving abilities of an employee. Situational judgment tests are a standard part of the recruitment process nowadays. SJTs tests measure hidden capabilities and training impacts.

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ExactHire

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

My gut tells me that many employers are open to the idea of hiring individuals from the justice involved community, but have historically avoided the opportunity for a variety of reasons. Today, employers can’t afford NOT to look at every viable employee population. Employer tax incentives. Better job candidate flow.

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Criteria Corp

OCTOBER 6, 2016

A sales associate probably won’t have the same personality as a software developer, nor should they. Conscientiousness is one of the five traits in the Big Five model of personality, one of the most established and studied personality theories. The Big Five has been around for a while, gaining wider acceptance during the 1980s.

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TalentCulture

APRIL 17, 2017

Short attention spans, a barrage of digital distractions, and employer information scattered across multiple platforms mean candidates who don’t fully read or understand the job description but tend to send out their resumes anyway. Well designed pre-employment tests are more than ways to screen for specific skills and qualifications.

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PeopleStrategy

MARCH 7, 2017

In a recent blog , Mollie Lombardi of Aptitude Research Partners examined the area of talent acquisition through the eyes of the candidate. Now, I turn our attention to the impact talent acquisition tools and processes have on the hiring manager, be that within HR or another department. First, let’s think about the goal of a hiring manager.

Hiring Software

Achievers

AUGUST 6, 2019

According to a recent Aptitude Research Partners study , companies identified recognition as having the greatest impact on employee engagement. When employers think of R&R, their mind immediately goes to monetary recognition. How did this happen? For starters, employee recognition played a major role. CHRISTUS St.

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AIHR

MARCH 22, 2019

Have you ever taken an aptitude or work personality test? Maybe it was part of a job application, one of the many ways your prospective employer tried to figure out whether you were the right fit. Yet, assessing candidates’ and employees’ potential presents significant challenges. We’ll look at some of them here.

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Criteria Corp

APRIL 21, 2020

So complicated, in fact, that entire fields of study are dedicated to understanding human psychology and behavior. When it comes to pre-employment assessments, there is an assessment out there that can test for just about any quality under the sun. We call this a multidimensional approach to assessments.

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Achievers

DECEMBER 24, 2020

According to a study by Aptitude Research Partners , there’s nothing that has a greater positive impact on engagement, and it can boost employee productivity by close to 40%. If you’re serious about weaving social recognition into your workplace culture, investing in recognition software is invaluable. Business impact.

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Hireology

JUNE 17, 2021

Studies have found that the wrong hire can cost your organization up to $15,000 in addition to the damaged morale of you and your team. One thing you can do to make sure you’re bringing the right folks on board is to give skills tests during the hiring process, allowing you to gauge capabilities before making a hiring decision.

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