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Testing & assessment

Employers test and assess potential recruits and employees for activities such as recruitment and selection, training and development, career guidance and team building. Psychometric testing is one common form of assessment.


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    RAD Awards 2018 shortlist announced

    by Personnel Today 20 Nov 2017
    by Personnel Today 20 Nov 2017

    The shortlist for the RAD Awards, which celebrate the brightest and best in recruitment advertising, has now been announced.
    The...

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    Recruitment: psychometric test was discriminatory, holds EAT

    by Personnel Today 8 May 2017
    by Personnel Today 8 May 2017

    Recruiters will have to be more careful about adjustments to the format of recruitment assessments for disabled job applicants, following...

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    Don’t let candidates be put off by an outdated hiring experience

    by Charles Martin 11 Apr 2017
    by Charles Martin 11 Apr 2017

    Finding the balance between effective candidate selection and a positive candidate experience is no mean feat. Charles Martin looks at...

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    Recruitment data: Is this the dawn of the biometric CV?

    by Cath Everett 21 Feb 2017
    by Cath Everett 21 Feb 2017

    Wearable devices already measure metrics such as step count and heart rate. But could data generated from personal technology be...

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    Join the first In-house Recruitment LIVE! show

    by Personnel Today 15 Aug 2016
    by Personnel Today 15 Aug 2016

    With an estimated 40,000 in-house recruiters in the UK and this number growing, a new event in September offers an...

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    Mindset and match: recruiting millennials is about more than speed

    by Tim Drake 4 Aug 2016
    by Tim Drake 4 Aug 2016

    Speeding up recruitment processes may appease applicants, but it won’t get to the heart of why some employers are failing...

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    Gamification in recruitment: psychometric selection for more diverse talent

    by Cath Everett 1 Aug 2016
    by Cath Everett 1 Aug 2016

    As companies endeavour to attract candidates with the right skills, Cath Everett looks at how gamification is helping recruiters select...

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    Predictive recruitment analytics: are you ready for the future?

    by Personnel Today 18 Jul 2016
    by Personnel Today 18 Jul 2016

    Are you able to measure the effectiveness of your new hires? Can you use data to select the best candidates...

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    Name-blind recruitment for NHS and civil service by 2020

    by Rob Moss 8 Feb 2016
    by Rob Moss 8 Feb 2016

    The announcement by the Cabinet Office follows David Cameron’s pledge at October’s Conservative party conference to remove bias in recruitment...

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    • Psychometric testing

    Psychometrics evolution: how testing has won over HR

    by Peter Crush 15 Sep 2015
    by Peter Crush 15 Sep 2015

    Psychometrics tools have long been associated with senior hires, but new research by Network HR suggests that organisations are spreading...

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    RAD Awards 2015 winners unveiled

    by Rob Moss 2 Feb 2015
    by Rob Moss 2 Feb 2015

    Virgin Money and TMP Worldwide emerged from the 2015 RAD Awards with the coveted Work of the Year prize at...

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    Personnel Today Awards 2014 winners: Accenture take top prize for recruitment innovation

    by Jo Faragher 12 Dec 2014
    by Jo Faragher 12 Dec 2014

    The Personnel Today Award for Innovation in Recruitment was given to Accenture for doubling it's amount of hires after the introduction of new technology...

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    Can “recruiting for values” turn around the NHS?

    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2014
    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2014

    The working culture in the NHS has come under intense scrutiny in recent years after a series of failings in...

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    The value of experience and internships

    by Personnel Today 2 Mar 2011
    by Personnel Today 2 Mar 2011

    With youth unemployment soaring, the cost of attending university set to rocket and employers’ recruitment budgets hit by the recession,...

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    Poor recruitment practices damage consumer brand and bottom line

    by Kat Baker 8 Jun 2010
    by Kat Baker 8 Jun 2010

    Organisations are damaging their employer brand and bottom line by engaging in poor recruitment practices, according to new research.A survey...

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