Using Normal Distribution to Understand Pre-Employment Test Results

We’re constantly telling our clients and prospective clients they can expect to see a normal distribution of Optimize Hire scores, but it can be hard to explain on a brief phone call what that really means and why it’s a good thing. We worked with our Wharton experts to parse it out a little bit further in the infographic below.

Pulling Back the Curtain: One of the Top Predictors of Job Performance

What's the secret to hiring a good employee?

Ok, there are several. But decades of research and Optimize Hire validation studies show that one of the most important is knowing beforehand whether or not they're conscientious.

An applicant who self-reports as hardworking, dutiful and organized on a pre-employment test is more likely than others to perform better, stay longer, and even make the workplace itself a better place.

An infographic describing how job performance, turnover and impact on work environment can be predicted by asking job applicants to self report their conscientiousness habits.

3 Essential Tactics for Engaging Passive Applicants

It’s a challenging time for recruiters - there are simply more jobs on the market than there are candidates, and many of the best workers are already comfortable in another job. If your job application is too boring or difficult, these passive applicants simply won’t apply, and you could miss out on some amazing talent.

Top 3 Best and Worst Predictors of Job Performance

Optimize Hire pre-employment tests evaluate candidates on traits proven by decades of research to predict success at work.  Below, we outline the best and worst predictors of job performance based on the research of the top industrial and organizational psychologists in the world. Sometimes people are surprised by these findings and it’s common for companies to use bad predictors to evaluate candidates. If this is you, consider re-evaluating your process and adopt a strategy to screen candidates based on data-driven solutions.

6 Tips to Improve Your Company’s Interview Process

Interviews are an essential part of any hiring process, and like any major business process they come with their own set of problems. Good interviewers are aware of the biases that are inherent in traditional interviews and look for ways to proactively combat them. We’ve curated this list of tips to help eliminate bias in the hiring process and find the best people for your job.

Why An Unbiased Personality Metric is Essential to Productive Recruiting

When managers conduct interviews and read resumes without a more objective piece of input like a pre-employment test, they’re more likely to choose people who remind them of themselves. When we choose people just like us to fill empty positions, we miss out on huge growth opportunities for our teams and our companies.

How To Improve Your Hiring Process (In 4 Easy Steps)

Creating the hiring system that will help you get the most out of the huge amount of time, energy and money your HR department puts into recruiting will make all the difference. Here are four of the ways we’ve seen this done by our most successful clients.

4 Essential Things to Look for in a Pre-Employment Test

There are a plethora of options for pre-employment testing out there and it seems like they’re all offering you the same thing: employees who are more likely to be successful in the job. However, the accuracy of these tests can be drastically different, so it’s important to know what separates good pre-employment testing from bad pre-employment testing.