While many parts of a business can benefit from automation, perhaps no area is better suited for it than hiring. After all, for hiring processes to be effective and equitable, hiring professionals need to be able to categorize, track, and store data on candidates — all of which automation does. Online applicant tracking systems, specifically Continue Reading...
Reflections on 2020: How Hardships Led to HR and Hiring Innovations
It’s safe to say 2020 was unprecedented for all industries, and HR professionals are no exception. In modern history, only the 2008 financial crisis compares in terms of businesses being thrown into uncharted territory almost overnight. Similar to the events of last year, the financial crisis created widespread uncertainty in the Continue Reading...
How to Approach Pre-Employment Testing in 2021 (and Beyond)
HR professionals have used pre-employment testing for years, but the pandemic has pushed its popularity to the next level. As layoffs soared and people reentered the job market at an alarming rate, employers needed standardized “filters” to narrow talent pools. When they no longer had the option of in-house, proctored testing, Continue Reading...
Why You Should Continue Restructuring Candidate Screening
The COVID-19 pandemic caused firms to restructure candidate screening. While HR departments initially were concerned about being exposed to the virus by hosting on-site testing and interviews — or being responsible for exposing others — it wasn't long before they shifted to an entirely virtual approach. Now, job applications are almost Continue Reading...
Big Data Can Be a Great Hiring Tool — But It Isn’t Foolproof
Big data's moment has arrived, and it's already redefining business processes, overhauling decision-making, and making prognostications for the future in hiring. Although big data promises to give recruiters newer and better tools to find the right applicants, it could also trigger new ethical questions. Big data can be "the great equalizer" Continue Reading...
