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Some organisations have successfully implemented gamified assessments to attract younger, digital native candidates, and to position their environment as a modern, fun or innovative place to work - but is it as groundbreaking as it seems?
Your sales force is the front line of your business. You want to find candidates with the qualities to get results even under difficult conditions and we've listed the key skills you need to look for and assess!
AI-powered recruitment is the way of the future and Monash University is leading the way with Testgrid.
We all know the ‘bad’ interview questions. We’ve heard them may times before and they make recruiters and candidates groan…
Hiring high performers, especially at the executive level – is not a simple or straightforward task. If the Jedi's had access to psychometric testing, they may never have recruited Darth Vader. We look at the best way to recruit Jedi's and stay away from sith hires!
This year alone has seen Testgrid undergo some exciting changes and welcome new additions, although we advise you drink our water at your own risk!
As an employer, it is your legal responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to recruitment processes for those with disability.
A personality test is a questionnaire or standardised ‘instrument’ designed to reveal aspects of a person’s character or psychological makeup.
To celebrate his 10 years with Testgrid, we sat down with Managing Director, Gerard Ward to ask him some questions about Psychometric Testing!
Your sedentary job is probably bad for your health – here’s how you can increase movement and avoid sitting too much.
’Validity’ refers to the ability of a test to measure what it claims to measure. But which methods are most effective at predicting performance?
The NDIS will not only change the lives of the disabled, but also create up to 70,000 new jobs.
We've teamed up with our friends at South Yarra Spine & Sports Medicine to give you the low down on posture and how its affecting you at work.
We’ve addressed some common criticisms of unconscious bias training to ensure that it works successfully to increase workforce diversity…
There are a lot of misconceptions about psychometric tests; here are 5 things that will provide clarity and focus to your recruitment campaign…
Accent bias has major implications for recruitment, specifically during interviews, where the candidate has a key speaking role.
Sportsbet has engaged Testgrid for an overhaul to their assessment process and the results speak for themselves.
Smart companies agree that recruiting for diversity makes good business sense in a competitive market. They understand that diversity in the workforce boosts productivity, promotes creativity, and inspires innovation.
The healthcare, medical, aged care, and social assistance industry in Australia is booming. In March 2017, figures for SEEK job listings for this sector were up by 17% according a recent news.com.au article.
As one of Australia’s biggest banks, hiring over 2,000 new employees annually, NAB was only too familiar with the challenges of large volume recruitment.
Behavioural assessments have become an essential element of graduate recruitment in an effort to retain Millennials longer, a testing and analytics specialist says.
More and more graduate recruitment is becoming an increasingly critical part of overall business strategy. And each year a new wave of graduates enters into the workforce with fresh-faced enthusiasm, new energy and a fair bit of trepidation.
The rise of social media and digital technologies has changed the way HR and Talent Managers connect with the market.
Most businesses have limited budgets for vacation recruitment, and so in tough times the vacation recruitment program is the first to be cut from the budget. However, have you considered that your vacation recruits will eventually become future graduates and possibly even talented and loyal employees?
In 2014, Australia dropped in the ranks from 17th to 20th position against other OECD countries, on female economic empowerment. It is widely recognised that representation of women and culturally diverse leaders in Australia is lagging behind many countries of the world.
'Blind' recruitment is one small step organisations can take to reduce discrimination, but it's far from a silver bullet, an organisational psychologist says.
We are all talking about workplace diversity but not a lot is being done about it. This much is evident in the facts, and specifically PwC’s recent research that showed Australia has stagnated in 2015.
Often the key to improving profitability and efficiency is right under our noses. You don’t need to downsize or restructure but rather rethink and optimise your current team.
As video interviewing becomes a more common recruitment technology, questions arise relating to the suitability of using this method to assess candidates’ fit for roles.
The past few years have seen rapid changes in sales techniques and selling strategies. The mercurial evolution of new technologies, shifting buyer behaviours and increasing globalisation of markets means that business-as-usual is anything but usual!