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Assessment and Selection

Detecting “Indianism” in Spoken English through Assessments

Should Indianism be the main factor when assessing candidates’ Spoken English skills? Read this blog to learn what the term means and what you need to take into account in the assessment.

September 14, 2021 SHL Editor

Should Indianism be the main factor when assessing candidates’ Spoken English skills? Read this blog to learn what the term means and what you need to take into account in the assessment.

Assessment and Selection

Competency Assessments, Flatpack Furniture, and Chain Restaurants

Creating workplace competency assessments may seem far from running furniture stores or restaurants. However, they share some common success formulas.

July 27, 2021 Yin Lin

What common success formulas do competency assessments, furniture stores, and chain restaurants share? Learn what they are in our blog.

Assessment and Selection

The Importance of Evaluating Non-Technical Skills in Tech Talent Hiring

Learn why skills and fit are vital to tech recruitment and how to best assess non-technical skills in your tech candidates.

April 13, 2021 Sam Whiteman

Learn why skills and fit are vital to tech recruitment and how to best assess non-technical skills in your tech candidates.

Develop and Accelerate

How to Keep Your Customers at the Center of Innovation

Aspiring Minds is now SHL creating an extensive virtual product line for our forward-looking customers.

April 6, 2021 Niyaatii Swami

Aspiring Minds is now SHL creating an extensive virtual product line for our forward-looking customers.

Assessment and Selection

Winning the War for Talent: The Changing Fields and Tools

The war for talent rages on as the fields and tools evolve. Read our blog to learn the secrets to winning the war for talent.

March 16, 2021 Brandon Pleaner

The war for talent rages on as the fields and tools evolve. Read our blog to learn the secrets to winning the war for talent.

Assessment and Selection

Fairness in Testing through Scientifically Designed Personality Assessment

The validity and fairness of personality assessments have been called into question. Read our blog to learn if they help or harm diversity and inclusion efforts.

March 9, 2021 Darrin Grelle

The validity and fairness of personality assessments have been called into question. Read our blog to learn if they help or harm diversity and inclusion efforts.

Assessment and Selection

Uncovering the Truth about Personality Test for Hiring

Personality test is put under the limelight following the airing of HBO’s documentary. Read our thoughts on personality test for hiring.

March 5, 2021 Aoife Torpey

Personality test is put under the limelight following the airing of HBO’s documentary. Read our thoughts on personality test for hiring.

Assessment and Selection

What to Look for When Assessing Graduates

Today’s graduates bring clear strengths to the workforce, but it is also important to understand what support they need to succeed.

February 24, 2021 Donna Weiss

Today’s graduates bring clear strengths to the workforce, but it is also important to understand what support they need to succeed.

Assessment and Selection

How to Avoid Costly Graduate Hiring Mistakes

Stop playing games with graduate hiring and create an engaging experience that promotes your brand and attracts top talent.

February 17, 2021 Donna Weiss

Stop playing games with graduate hiring and create an engaging experience that promotes your brand and attracts top talent.

Assessment and Selection

Social Connection – the Missing Link in Virtual Assessment?

The connections we forge with others remain critical to the experience of assessment and development centers in the virtual world.

January 14, 2021 Rhian Blaszkowicz

The connections we forge with others remain critical to the experience of assessment and development centers in the virtual world.

Assessment and Selection

The Essential Remote Recruiting Guide for Employers

3 ways to identify the best assessment solution for recruiting the most talented employees remotely.

December 3, 2020 SHL Editor

3 ways to identify the best assessment solution for recruiting the most talented employees remotely.

Leadership

How to Create a Thriving Leadership Team during a Pandemic

Action-oriented behaviors have become increasingly important as leaders adjust to managing and motivating their teams in a remote workplace.

September 30, 2020 Ed Rivlin

Action-oriented behaviors have become increasingly important as leaders adjust to managing and motivating their teams in a remote workplace.

Develop and Accelerate

Create an Agile Business with Talent That Already Exists in Your Team

The Mobilize solution offers insight into your organization’s critical skill gaps and answers who exists in your team to quickly fill those needs.

September 18, 2020 John Kirven

The Mobilize solution offers insight into your organization’s critical skill gaps and answers who exists in your team to quickly fill those needs.

Assessment and Selection

How to Delight Customers by Hiring the Best Call Center Employees

The Call Center Challenge – weathering the storm of changing customer AND employee behavior.

September 9, 2020 Andrew Nelesen

The Call Center Challenge – weathering the storm of changing customer AND employee behavior.

Assessment and Selection

How World-Class Science and AI Attracts and Converts the Best Tech Talent

SHL’s new Technology Hiring Solution creates an accurate picture of your candidate’s skill while providing a delightful candidate experience.

June 17, 2020 Sam Whiteman

SHL’s new Technology Hiring Solution creates an accurate picture of your candidate’s skill while providing a delightful candidate experience.

Workforce Trends

More than Ever Skills Tests Play a Critical Role in Ensuring Success

Valuable technical, language, and administrative skills are crucial for every business as they navigate an ever-changing and increasingly digital world.

June 2, 2020 Fred M. Rafilson

Valuable technical, language, and administrative skills are crucial for every business as they navigate an ever-changing and increasingly digital world.

Assessment and Selection

Insights by Andy: Uniting Science and AI Technology in Talent Assessment

How SHL creates a fair and transparent approach to AI in talent assessment to truly harness the full potential of this capability.

May 28, 2020 Andy Bradshaw

How SHL creates a fair and transparent approach to AI in talent assessment to truly harness the full potential of this capability.

Assessment and Selection

6 Best Practices for Harnessing the Power of AI in Talent Assessment

Artificial Intelligence is changing talent assessment, and we have the science and expertise to guide you through this evolving landscape.

May 27, 2020 James Meaden

Artificial Intelligence is changing talent assessment, and we have the science and expertise to guide you through this evolving landscape.

Assessment and Selection

What Rock ’n’ Roll and Virtual Assessment and Development Centers Have in Common

How technology and expertise are built into the heart of delivering the most talented team you have ever had.

May 7, 2020 Lucas Ellinikakis

How technology and expertise are built into the heart of delivering the most talented team you have ever had.

Assessment and Selection

What Is Essential? Asking Big Questions during Difficult Times

In our future post-pandemic world, the careers, organizations, and societies we build will depend on what we consider to be “essential”.

April 22, 2020 Ken Lahti

In our future post-pandemic world, the careers, organizations, and societies we build will depend on what we consider to be “essential”.

Assessment and Selection

Working Outside of the Box – Using Psychology and Design to Expand Careers

How SHL helped to develop a fully bespoke career guidance survey for the National Careers Service.

April 21, 2020 Helen Farrell

How SHL helped to develop a fully bespoke career guidance survey for the National Careers Service.

Assessment and Selection

SHL’s History Tells the Story of Our Past and Provide Fuel for Our Future

How SHL continues the legacy of innovating psychometric assessments to help companies make decisions that are good for their people and business.

April 6, 2020 Roxane Hentz

How SHL continues the legacy of innovating psychometric assessments to help companies make decisions that are good for their people and business.

Assessment and Selection

RemoteWorkQ: Transition Your Team to a Supported, Productive Remote Workforce

How SHL used 40 years of expertise to help businesses and individuals confidently adjust to the new reality of mass remote working.

March 31, 2020 Sara Gutierrez

How SHL used 40 years of expertise to help businesses and individuals confidently adjust to the new reality of mass remote working.

Develop and Accelerate

From Selection to Development: Strategic Talent Management Is for All!

Strategic talent initiatives that can be utilized for Smaller to Mid-Market sized organizations to overcome challenges and drive high performance.

March 26, 2020 Luke Simmering

Strategic talent initiatives that can be utilized for Smaller to Mid-Market sized organizations to overcome challenges and drive high performance.

Data and Analytics

SHL’s Video Interviewing Solution Unites the World’s Workforce

Science-backed, AI-powered video interviewing technology creates a more fair solution for hiring and reduces recruitment time by 80%.

March 24, 2020 Himanshu Aggarwal

Science-backed, AI-powered video interviewing technology creates a more fair solution for hiring and reduces recruitment time by 80%.

Assessment and Selection

Talent Acquisition and Management from Home: Overcoming the COVID-19 Business Challenge

How SHL’s virtual solution suite assists the business community in adjusting to a new paradigm in talent acquisition and management.

March 23, 2020 Jora Gill

How SHL’s virtual solution suite assists the business community in adjusting to a new paradigm in talent acquisition and management.

Leadership

SHL’s Global Response To The Novel Coronavirus

As workplaces around the world react to the new COVID-19 reality, SHL’s solutions—and its team—are prepared to serve your virtual business environment.

March 16, 2020 Andy Bradshaw

I don’t think it’s an overreaction to say that the world has changed in the last three months. Beginning with our friends and colleagues in China, who first endured what those in other countries are only now fully comprehending, people everywhere have come to grips with simple daily activities that are now complex decisions: Buying […]

Assessment and Selection

With Outcomes Based Assessment, Numbers Speak Louder than Words

The impact of assessment on important outcomes yields a clear return on investment across the globe.

March 12, 2020 Jeff Johnson

The impact of assessment on important outcomes yields a clear return on investment across the globe.

Assessment and Selection

Enhance Your Candidate Experience by Adding AI to Assessments

How SHL, powered by Aspiring Minds, uses Artificial Intelligence to identify candidates with strong language skills, find the best coders, and simulate on-the-job experiences.

February 27, 2020 Varun Aggarwal

How SHL, powered by Aspiring Minds, uses Artificial Intelligence to identify candidates with strong language skills, find the best coders, and simulate on-the-job experiences.

Assessment and Selection

Parlez-Vous Global? A Vital Component to a Culturally Relevant Assessment

Why linguistic expertise, state-of-the-art technology, and scientific excellence are the key to speaking the world’s language.

February 12, 2020 Avril Peryer

Why linguistic expertise, state-of-the-art technology, and scientific excellence are the key to speaking the world’s language.

SHL Blog Our Insights on the 21st Century Workplace

Assessment Tools

Should Indianism be the main factor when assessing candidates’ Spoken English skills? Read this blog to learn what the term means and what you need to take into account in the assessment.

Creating workplace competency assessments may seem far from running furniture stores or restaurants. However, they share some common success formulas.

Learn why skills and fit are vital to tech recruitment and how to best assess non-technical skills in your tech candidates.

Aspiring Minds is now SHL creating an extensive virtual product line for our forward-looking customers.

The war for talent rages on as the fields and tools evolve. Read our blog to learn the secrets to winning the war for talent.

The validity and fairness of personality assessments have been called into question. Read our blog to learn if they help or harm diversity and inclusion efforts.

Personality test is put under the limelight following the airing of HBO’s documentary. Read our thoughts on personality test for hiring.

Today’s graduates bring clear strengths to the workforce, but it is also important to understand what support they need to succeed.

Stop playing games with graduate hiring and create an engaging experience that promotes your brand and attracts top talent.

The connections we forge with others remain critical to the experience of assessment and development centers in the virtual world.

3 ways to identify the best assessment solution for recruiting the most talented employees remotely.

Action-oriented behaviors have become increasingly important as leaders adjust to managing and motivating their teams in a remote workplace.

The Mobilize solution offers insight into your organization’s critical skill gaps and answers who exists in your team to quickly fill those needs.

The Call Center Challenge – weathering the storm of changing customer AND employee behavior.

SHL’s new Technology Hiring Solution creates an accurate picture of your candidate’s skill while providing a delightful candidate experience.

Valuable technical, language, and administrative skills are crucial for every business as they navigate an ever-changing and increasingly digital world.

How SHL creates a fair and transparent approach to AI in talent assessment to truly harness the full potential of this capability.

Artificial Intelligence is changing talent assessment, and we have the science and expertise to guide you through this evolving landscape.

How technology and expertise are built into the heart of delivering the most talented team you have ever had.

In our future post-pandemic world, the careers, organizations, and societies we build will depend on what we consider to be “essential”.

How SHL helped to develop a fully bespoke career guidance survey for the National Careers Service.

How SHL continues the legacy of innovating psychometric assessments to help companies make decisions that are good for their people and business.

How SHL used 40 years of expertise to help businesses and individuals confidently adjust to the new reality of mass remote working.

Strategic talent initiatives that can be utilized for Smaller to Mid-Market sized organizations to overcome challenges and drive high performance.

Science-backed, AI-powered video interviewing technology creates a more fair solution for hiring and reduces recruitment time by 80%.

How SHL’s virtual solution suite assists the business community in adjusting to a new paradigm in talent acquisition and management.

As workplaces around the world react to the new COVID-19 reality, SHL’s solutions—and its team—are prepared to serve your virtual business environment.

The impact of assessment on important outcomes yields a clear return on investment across the globe.

How SHL, powered by Aspiring Minds, uses Artificial Intelligence to identify candidates with strong language skills, find the best coders, and simulate on-the-job experiences.

Why linguistic expertise, state-of-the-art technology, and scientific excellence are the key to speaking the world’s language.

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