Waypoint People Solutions shares proven techniques to dramatically improve candidate screening success.
PRLog - Jul 31, 2013 - SAN FRANCISCO -- Waypoint People Solutions, a leading firm that specializes in organizational assessments and candidate screening, announces a full-day, fun and interactive workshop to assist HR and Recruiting professionals in designing highly effective structured behavioral interviews to improve screening results. The workshop will equip participants with the ability to design and interpret behavioral interview assessments for any job. It is scheduled to take place in San Francisco on September 20th, 2013.
Over six decades of research has shown that with traditional interviews, companies on average have only a 1 in 5 chance of identifying the best candidate out of a pool of candidates. Using a carefully designed set of behavior-based questions that are mapped precisely to the job, behavioral interviews can dramatically improve hiring success by as much as three times over traditional interviews.
“Anyone who has experienced a hiring mistake understands that screening is very difficult. This is because most candidates are savvy enough to effectively say and do things that make them look great” says Stephen B. Jeong, Ph.D., an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist and Waypoint People Solutions’ managing partner.
Dr. Jeong says that while interviewing is the most common technique used to screen candidates, what is often overlooked is the fact that there are cost-effective adjustments that can be made to the interviewing process that will lead to marked improvements in screening accuracy. Technical skills are much easier to identify and measure so the challenge often lies in identifying those critical soft or behavioral skills critical for success. This is where the value of behavioral assessments lies. He adds that “the savings in terms of time, money, and headache is tremendous when you’re able to hire the right person the first time.”
For more information about the workshop, please visit: http://waypointps.com/eventlist/#Sept.-20
About Waypoint People Solutions
Waypoint People Solutions is an Industrial-Organizational Psychology research firm that specializes in the design and validation of assessment tools to improve the value of their clients’ human capital. More information can be found at http://www.waypointps.com
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July 31, 2013 at 15:58 PM EDT
