Browsing: Assessment

Wide-scale talent redeployments are allowing recruiters to unearth previously hidden talent with deep experience and transferrable skillsets, a workforce management specialist says. read more

Amid big increases in application rates and completed assessments, recruiters can glean valuable insights to help improve the candidate experience, a specialist says. read more

• Alcami Interactive adds to team as video demand grows
  
• Ombudsman calls to legislate 30-day payment terms
  
• IT business hiring 2,000 staff
  
• COVID-19 industry news wrap read more

Some employers are now managing unprecedented numbers of job applicants in the wake of COVID-19, while quickly implementing new virtual hiring processes to comply with social distancing rules. read more

This wrap of coronavirus-related news covers: state-by state stimulus packages to assist businesses; phone-interview technology booming; safe working from home practices; and the business extent of the impact. read more

Some large employers are allowing traditionally "non-negotiable" hiring practices to fall by the wayside in the wake of new methods proving they can unearth "brilliant" talent. read more

A law firm is conducting a retrospective analysis of its CV screening processes to see if it should take further steps to reduce bias during recruitment. read more

Current recruitment practices are failing to screen out "serial harassers", the national inquiry into workplace s-xual harassment has found, and it urges recruiters to conduct stronger and more focused reference checks. read more

Job-switching 'career nomads' are here to stay and it's time for recruiters to shift their attitudes towards them, a Korn Ferry vice-president says. read more

• Major retailer launches 'open hiring' policy
  
• Graduates rank Australia's top employers
  
• Older talent feel held back by age prejudice
  
• LiveHire expands to New Zealand read more