{"id":3983,"date":"2020-03-27T21:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T21:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2022-04-25T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T10:28:44","slug":"what-are-the-benefits-of-data-driven-recruitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/data-driven-recruitment\/what-are-the-benefits-of-data-driven-recruitment\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Benefits of Data Driven Recruitment?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Data driven recruitment is not a new sentiment, in fact, it\ngained traction back in 2011.[1]<\/sup><\/a> However, many companies\nstill do not realise how data driven recruitment can help their company.\nShockingly, 28% of recruitment decisions are still made based upon a \u2018gut\u2019\nfeeling. It would come as no surprise then that 74% of hiring managers say that\nthey have hired the wrong person for a job.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Data driven recruitment has many benefits\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Data driven recruitment, on the face of it, sounds like a\ncomplex and time-consuming task. This has been known to put companies off,\nleading them to stick to their current \u2018CV based\u2019 recruitment systems. When in\nfact, data driven recruitment is a very simple concept, which can have\nsignificant benefits. By collecting data, through simple data collection tasks\nand psychometric testing, this information can be used to streamline the\nrecruitment process and make it much more effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removing bias.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Biases can have a considerable impact on the recruitment\nprocess and often come into play when recruiters don\u2019t have enough data, or\ninformation, available on their prospective candidates and the needs of their\ncompany. By producing tangible, useful data on candidates and comparing this\nwith data gained from current and past employees, recruiters can make an\ninformed decision, based upon facts. Thus, ensuring that candidates are a good\nfit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality of hire. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CVs and unstructured interviews can only provide so much\ninformation about a candidate. Psychometric testing enables recruiters to see\nthe behaviours and attitudes of candidates, and compare these with the\ncompany\u2019s needs, rather than basing their hiring decisions upon easily taught,\nexisting skills. This improves hire quality significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reduces costs of hiring. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Using data driven recruitment, first of all, ensures that\nhires are of a good quality and match the company\u2019s needs. This, therefore,\nreduces the amount of hiring required by a company, as they initially hired the\nright candidate to begin with. Not only this, but data driven recruitment, particularly\nusing psychometric testing, can significantly reduce the time taken to hire and\nonboard candidates, through streamlining the recruitment process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of using data driven recruitment are easy to\nsee. Knowledge is power in the world of recruitment and utilising data to help\nrecruitment managers make the right hiring decision right off the bat saves\nboth time and money. Not only that, but you have a much higher chance of hiring\nsomebody who is the right fit for your company, thus improving productivity,\nworkplace attitudes and candidate experience.
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[1]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/inhouserecruitment.co.uk\/data-driven-decisions-tribepad-blog-piece\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/sup><\/a> https:\/\/blog.recruitee.com\/data-driven-recruitment\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Data driven recruitment is not a new sentiment, in fact, it gained traction back in 2011.[1] However, many companies still do not realise how data driven recruitment can help their company. Shockingly, 28% of recruitment decisions are still made based upon a \u2018gut\u2019 feeling. It would come as no surprise then that 74% of hiring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[29,90,56],"class_list":["post-3983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-driven-recruitment","tag-data","tag-gut-feeling","tag-recruitment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3986,"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3983\/revisions\/3986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.big5assessments.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}