Business:
Why Previous Experience is Not Enough to Drive your Next Hire
If experience doesn’t determine performance, what does? Discover a fairer, more inclusive way to hire with our industry-leading psychometrics at 10x Psychology.
Introduction:
The success of a candidate application typically relies on two things, experience and education. Whilst simple to identify, these criteria can fuel bias, curbing the chances of diverse groups and restricting your talent pool.
A recent meta-analysis on the validity of hiring candidates based on their pre-hire experience revealed that pre-hire experience measures are generally poor predictors of future performance and turnover.
In this article, we explore the impact of alternative screening methods and examine how 10x Talent and 10x Hire can enable you to make fast, powerful hiring decisions through the combined power of industry-leading psychometrics and cutting-edge design thinking.
Rethinking Job-Descriptions
“The first thing employers should do is to really think about the skills that are relevant for a job. They should look for skills, not credentials.”
Beth Cobert, Leader of the Markle Foundation
Tailoring your hiring strategy around the key skills and competencies that drive success in the role means a better aligned, and more efficient candidate journey that reflects your business priorities and strategic requirements.
Whilst educational background can support performance in specialized fields, over-focusing on academic credentials can block individuals from diverse backgrounds from ever initiating the recruitment process, regardless of whether they have the key skills needed to succeed, or not.
Furthermore, according to the aforementioned meta-analysis on the value of candidate experience, lead researcher Professor van Iddekinge in the Harvard Business Review, divulges that “prehire experience isn’t a measure of behaviour – the person might have failed or stagnated in previous jobs.” He advises that “we should take experience into account, but maybe do a better job of delving into prehire performance.” – this is where our Solutions come in.
10x Talent has been built to equip talent acquisition specialists with the support, and tools they need to assess candidates on the behalf of their clients using our industry-leading psychometrics and dynamic visual dashboard.
Meanwhile, 10x Hire empowers HR leaders to similarly equip themselves with the tools, and expert support they need to accurately delineate the competencies, personalities and motivations of every candidate – enabling you to always make the right hire.
Dismantling the Glass Ceiling
“Women, Black, and Hispanic/Latinx workers are better represented in “gateway” occupations, and skills-based matching would help them shift to “destination” roles.”
McKinsey, Women in the Workplace 2017
Using a competency-focused model can help minimize the effects of unconscious bias across the recruitment process by drawing the focus away from other variables, and directly onto the objective skills of the candidate.
At 10x Psychology, we empower talent acquisition specialists and HR leaders with industry-leading psychometric assessments that specifically highlight the key competencies, motivations and personality of every candidate. Supported by our psychologist-led team and equipped with objective data and insights, we can help your organization mitigate systemic disadvantages and foster inclusive leadership.
Hiring High-Potential Talent
Our Solutions provide a data-driven approach to recruitment by helping you to understand every candidate’s prehire performance and make the right hiring decisions.
Whilst 10x Hire and 10x Talent equip your organizations with the ability to hire based on the key competencies you identify as most linked to success in role, we recognize that high potential can look different in every industry, and business.
In light of this, we have developed 10x Predict – a cutting-edge hiring Solution that bases predictions of candidate success on how well they would perform in your teams specifically.
Using the power of both AI and our industry-leading psychometrics, your leaders can assess every candidate and benefit from comprehensive insights on their predicted performance, tenure and overall journey in their potential team, before you commit to hiring – helping you curb turnover and maximize the potential of every hire.
Book a demo now and find out what 10x can do for you.
Business:
Why previous experience is not enough to drive your next hire
If experience doesn’t determine performance, what does? Discover a fairer, more inclusive way to hire with our industry-leading psychometrics at 10x Psychology.
Introduction:
The success of a candidate application typically relies on two things, experience and education. Whilst simple to identify, these criteria can fuel bias, curbing the chances of diverse groups and restricting your talent pool.
A recent meta-analysis on the validity of hiring candidates based on their pre-hire experience revealed that pre-hire experience measures are generally poor predictors of future performance and turnover.
In this article, we explore the impact of alternative screening methods and examine how 10x Talent and 10x Hire can enable you to make fast, powerful hiring decisions through the combined power of industry-leading psychometrics and cutting-edge design thinking.
Rethinking Job-Descriptions
“The first thing employers should do is to really think about the skills that are relevant for a job. They should look for skills, not credentials.”
Beth Cobert, Leader of the Markle Foundation
Tailoring your hiring strategy around the key skills and competencies that drive success in the role means a better aligned, and more efficient candidate journey that reflects your business priorities and strategic requirements.
Whilst educational background can support performance in specialized fields, over-focusing on academic credentials can block individuals from diverse backgrounds from ever initiating the recruitment process, regardless of whether they have the key skills needed to succeed, or not.
Furthermore, according to the aforementioned meta-analysis on the value of candidate experience, lead researcher Professor van Iddekinge in the Harvard Business Review, divulges that “prehire experience isn’t a measure of behaviour – the person might have failed or stagnated in previous jobs.” He advises that “we should take experience into account, but maybe do a better job of delving into prehire performance.” – this is where our Solutions come in.
10x Talent has been built to equip talent acquisition specialists with the support, and tools they need to assess candidates on the behalf of their clients using our industry-leading psychometrics and dynamic visual dashboard.
Meanwhile, 10x Hire empowers HR leaders to similarly equip themselves with the tools, and expert support they need to accurately delineate the competencies, personalities and motivations of every candidate – enabling you to always make the right hire.
Dismantling the Glass Ceiling
“Women, Black, and Hispanic/Latinx workers are better represented in “gateway” occupations, and skills-based matching would help them shift to “destination” roles.”
McKinsey, Women in the Workplace 2017
Using a competency-focused model can help minimize the effects of unconscious bias across the recruitment process by drawing the focus away from other variables, and directly onto the objective skills of the candidate.
At 10x Psychology, we empower talent acquisition specialists and HR leaders with industry-leading psychometric assessments that specifically highlight the key competencies, motivations and personality of every candidate. Supported by our psychologist-led team and equipped with objective data and insights, we can help your organization mitigate systemic disadvantages and foster inclusive leadership.
Hiring High-Potential Talent
Our Solutions provide a data-driven approach to recruitment by helping you to understand every candidate’s prehire performance and make the right hiring decisions.
Whilst 10x Hire and 10x Talent equip your organizations with the ability to hire based on the key competencies you identify as most linked to success in role, we recognize that high potential can look different in every industry, and business.
In light of this, we have developed 10x Predict – a cutting-edge hiring Solution that bases predictions of candidate success on how well they would perform in your teams specifically.
Using the power of both AI and our industry-leading psychometrics, your leaders can assess every candidate and benefit from comprehensive insights on their predicted performance, tenure and overall journey in their potential team, before you commit to hiring – helping you curb turnover and maximize the potential of every hire.
Book a demo now and find out what 10x can do for you.
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