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How to Use Psychometric Testing In Recruitment

HR Digest

The use of psychometric testing in the recruitment process is becoming common among HR managers in their candidate selection process. The efficacy is determined by how the HR manager had deployed it. This is because the cost of hiring bad candidates is over 3 times their annual salary. Understand the law.

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How to Use Psychometric Testing in Hiring

Harvard Business Review

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. Organizations, hiring managers, and HR need to keep legal compliance in mind when they add psychometric tests to their pre-employment screening system.

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How to Use Psychometric Testing in Hiring

Harvard Business Review

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. Organizations, hiring managers, and HR need to keep legal compliance in mind when they add psychometric tests to their pre-employment screening system.

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How to conduct pre-employment background checks?

HR Digest

HR managers need to address the question of qualification a little deeper. Ask these questions too, especially if the position is mid manager and higher level: Does the applicant have all the necessary licensing or certification qualifications required? We cannot emphasize the need for compliance while conducting background checks.