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Recruiters: Use Cognitive Aptitude Tests to Expand Your Candidate Pipeline

HR Bartender

But the question becomes, how does the company know they are taking the right chance with the right candidate? Cognitive aptitude tests are a type of pre-employment assessment that measures an individual’s aptitude, or ability to solve problems, digest and apply information, learn new skills, and think critically.

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Build vs. Rent: Don’t Crash on the Do-It-Yourself Iceberg for People Analytics

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While the same talent challenges are spurring companies to become more data-driven in workforce decision making, the approaches they are taking fall mainly into two different camps: build or rent. Analysts to determine metric definitions and create reports. At Visier, we refer to this as “add data and stir.” IT administrators.

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Select the Best Candidate Faster: Employment Background Checks

HR Bartender

One of the things that’s amazing to me about the hiring process is that organizations will spend hours screening, interviewing and discussing candidates, but when it comes time to make a final decision, they rush it. One of the steps in the hiring process organizations should take a look at is employment background checks.

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Navigating Digital Information: 3 Questions to Ask

HR Bartender

The reason I’m mentioning this older article is because of the seventh type of power listed, which is called informational power. We all know someone who appears to have access to valuable information. That’s an example of informational power. But I’ll add something to this definition. Who is sharing this information?

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Why Self-Esteem Is Critical to Successful Leadership

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5 Ways to Develop the Right Employee Skills Plan

Visier

Here are five ways these innovative companies are using skill data to empower companies and their people to embrace the constantly changing labor market: 1. Skill data empowers both people and companies to understand how they work in a much more holistic, nuanced, and realistic way than a basic job title and description.

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7 Top Job Satisfaction Statistics You Need to Know

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They’ll help your recruitment efforts by referring people in their network and bringing in customers. In a survey from the Pew Research Center , job satisfaction was broken down into nine categories, from relationships with coworkers to commutes and paychecks.