pre-employment tests

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.

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.