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Startling ATS Hiring Stats! You Might Double Your Performance

Guest post by: Cliff Sutton

Article Overview: Ever considered all the factors involved in a great hire? Here's a thumb-nail version of what makes a difference: Profiling, Behavioural Interview, Gut Feel - what impact do they all have?

Startling ATS Hiring Stats! You Might Double Your Performance

What difference does your hiring process make in employee performance? Here's my take on it based on government stats analysis, corporatate info, case studies and business experience. The answer I feel a lot of business people are looking for is, are these numbers for real? Please comment and share. Remember we are talking performance, not just retention.

Resume plus interview only 50 - 60% chance

Attitudinal Profiling + 15 - 25%

Validated Psychometric Profiling + 15 - 30%

Online Job Simulation +10 - 20%

ATS Hiring System Compliance + 10 - 20%

According to these numbers we can approach the perfect hire of 90%+- double the basic resume + interview approach.

What's your experience been

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