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What Does Your Selection Process Say About You?

Jamil Abdallah February 25, 2022 Blog, Career Development, Organizational Development No Comments

All HR managers and recruiters understand the importance and benefits of standardizing and optimizing the interview process. Yet, many fail to realize the consequences of providing a poor experience to candidates during the selection process. A poor …

For Valentine’s Day, Give Your HR Assessments Some Love

Jamil Abdallah February 10, 2022 Blog, Career Development, Employee Development No Comments

Every organization understands that acquiring the best people and developing and retaining them is critical to gaining a competitive advantage. Companies are looking to leverage HR assessments to create synergies between talent acquisition and development initiatives. Yet, …

Building a Diverse Workforce in 2022

Jamil Abdallah January 26, 2022 Employee Engagement, Workforce Development No Comments

With the impacts of the pandemic and rising attention to race and gender-based issues, employees are seeking companies that demonstrate commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Building a workforce characterized by DEI has delivered vital benefits …

Using Hiring Assessments to Improve Job Satisfaction

Jamil Abdallah December 27, 2021 Blog, Employee Development, Employee Engagement No Comments

Hiring assessments are used by employers around the world to identify and measure a candidate’s skills, abilities, and personality traits. They can also be used to improve employee satisfaction by identifying a better job fit or alignment …

Using Assessment Insights for Coaching

Jamil Abdallah December 22, 2021 Assessments, Blog No Comments

In either personal or professional coaching, the method is the same: the coach assists the client throughout the development process. Whether that be breaking past beliefs that keep the client stuck in life or helping them along …

We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About Productivity

Jamil Abdallah October 27, 2021 Employee Engagement No Comments

Work from home or return to office? The great debate of 2021 is a multiheaded monster. Is remote work the new paradigm? Or will everyone return to the office after the pandemic fades away? Do employees prefer …

How to Choose Hiring Assessments That Work for You

Jamil Abdallah October 21, 2021 Assessments, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Workforce Development No Comments

There are multiple types of hiring assessments and several reasons why a company might want to employ them in the hiring process. Hiring assessments can be used to test an applicant’s skills, accelerate the hiring process, and …

Screening In vs. Screening Out: Which is Better for Your Candidates?

Jamil Abdallah October 11, 2021 Assessments, Organizational Development, Workforce Development No Comments

The hiring process has traditionally adhered to the screening-out mentality. What does this candidate bring to the table that we don’t like? What problems do we anticipate if we hire this person? What are the negatives? However, …

Using Psychometrics for Hiring

Jamil Abdallah October 4, 2021 Assessments, Organizational Development, Talent Management, Workforce Development No Comments

With the age of technology in full swing, opportunities abound for companies to adopt new, modern techniques to help improve their business processes. One such technique, particularly useful in the hiring process, is known as a psychometric-based …

How Assessments Defeat Unconscious Bias in Hiring

Jamil Abdallah September 8, 2021 Assessments, Blog No Comments

Sarah is a 31-year-old Client Relations VP at an established firm and seeks a Program Manager to implement her service initiatives. A recruiter has sent several candidates with varying degrees of qualification. Today, she’s interviewing Jacob, whose …