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Do psychometric assessments remove unconscious bias from recruitment?
A new study demonstrates that the use of psychometric assessments can remove unconscious bias from the recruitment process, eliminating any risk of adverse impact.
UK businesses are stifling their employees’ creativity and innovation
UK businesses are failing to support a culture of innovation despite employees believing that their companies would benefit from fresh ideas and innovative ways of working, new research shows.
Howard Grosvenor: Ten innovations show the cutting edge of assessment
Today’s recruiters want their assessments to deliver four objectives: to differentiate their employer brand, to provide an engaging candidate experience, to deliver process efficiency and, most importantly, to provide robust and objective data about which candidates will thrive in the role and fit their culture.
Chris Gannon: The fastest way to fail at recruitment? Stop innovating
Recruitment has drastically changed over the last 10 years. It used to be that a recruiter solely sat on the HR side of the table, but in a hyper-competitive landscape, recruiters need to think more like marketers, and align themselves with sales and marketing within the company. In this new era of recruiting, where companies are feverishly competing for the top candidates, recruiters have a role to make their company stand out from the cluttered market.
Florence Parot: Thinking outside the open plan – what can be done for your company’s wellbeing
Wellbeing at work is still seen by many as a “soft” theme with underlying tones of health and safety and boxes to be ticked.
Robert Leeming: Atmosphere and analytics are the future of innovation in HR
Innovation in HR is crucial as an innovative HR department will help to produce an innovative company. Recent research, for example, has found that employers are missing out on a host of innovative ideas by not listening to their staff.
Isabel Naidoo: The tip of the HR iceberg: A look at the landscape
I love HR. I know that’s pretty contentious, after all there seems to be a proliferation of HR bashing happening on a constant basis (at least in my twitter newsfeed!).
Sir Richard Branson joins panel for 2015 Talent Unleashed Awards
Leading technology recruitment specialist Talent International as launched the 2015 Talent Unleashed Awards. It has again enlisted the support of Sir Richard Branson as the program’s main judge.
IT professionals want strong culture of innovation in companies
IT professionals are looking for a strong culture of innovation in prospective employers, but employers don’t rate their companies very high on the innovation scale.
Interview: Stuart Sackman on innovation in HR
Innovation within HR and recruitment can significantly impact a business but what are the best techniques for implementing and monitoring new ideas? HRreview discusses the future of HR with ADP’s Stuart Sackman.
Infographic: Is your financial system killing your business?
Workday provide an infographic that suggests CEOs are feeling the strain when lacking the correct management tools. They suggest that more financial executors are turning to cloud-based management systems as it improves this process.
Anvil receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise in innovation
Anvil have received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in innovation for their development of its Employee Travel Monitoring System (ETMS).
Atif Sheikh: Five steps to create an innovation powerhouse
How HR professionals can help their organisation bridge the Disruption Gap When I started work at Unilever 15 years ago, we used to debate whether innovation would need to deliver 5% or 10% of our growth for that particular year. Fast forward to ?What If!’s Eyes Wide Shut study launched this Spring and 23% of…
Faye Holland: Driving innovation through HR
What does innovation mean to you? The dictionary definition is that innovation is “the act of creating something new” but in a business setting this can relate to a wide range of scenarios, from new products to improved processes. Put simply, innovation is critical to driving a business forward. All too often though, it is…