While it can sometimes be difficult to measure the tangible benefits of implementing any new software, HR teams are increasingly being required to justify their investments and have a good idea of an expected ROI.
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Why are Cognitive Ability Tests timed?
When using a Cognitive Ability Test to assess your candidates ability, there are two different types of maximum performance test; speed and power:
Topics: Assessments
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How is a Cognitive Ability Test scored?
What does a Cognitive Ability Test measure?
A Cognitive Ability Test measures the maximum performance of a candidate’s ability.
For example, the results from one of our ability tests show us how a candidate has performed, in comparison to a diverse group of previous test takers. This allows us to interpret the results in terms of what is typical within a given group, rather than just how many questions a candidate has gotten right.
Topics: Assessments
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Assessing personality at work
Personality questionnaires are becoming increasingly common in the hiring process to help you create a more well-rounded and deeper understanding of a candidate.
Topics: Assessments
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Causes of low employee engagement
Are your managers causing low employee engagement?
Research by Deloitte found over 1/4 of UK employees (27%) admitted that they were ‘not performing their best’ at work.
Topics: Employee engagement
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5 ways to improve your employee engagement
According to Gallup's 2021 state of the global workplace report employee engagement dropped by 2% from 2019 to 2020 and now stands at 20%.
Topics: Employee engagement
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Why use Situational Judgement Tests in your recruitment?
Situational Judgement Tests are a type of psychometric assessment that measures how candidates respond to a variety of different situations at work. Test takers are presented with a range of hypothetical workplace scenarios and are then asked to identify the responses that would be
most and
least effective.
Topics: Recruitment Assessments
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Grow your people and the rest will follow
Deciding where to invest organisational resources can be a daunting task for leadership teams. Eager to achieve observable growth and constrained by time, managers often become biased towards short to medium term solutions.
Topics: Development Leadership Culture
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Virtual Onboarding Strategies & Tips
Most new employees decide whether they feel at home in a new job during the first three weeks of employment. Therefore, having a good onboarding process (whether virtual or not) will be key in your long-term strategy and help you to retain your top talent.
Topics: Onboarding Virtual Assessment
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An Introduction to Psychometric Assessments
What is a psychometric assessment?
Psychometric assessments offer a fair and objective way of measuring a range of attributes such as aptitude, critical reasoning and behavioural style.
