As the end of the year approaches, many organizations are thinking about their recruiting needs for 2024. I am often struck how ill-prepared most hiring managers are to recruit top talent. At Profiles Incorporated, we work closely with our clients to determine how our employee assessment tools, specifically the PXT Select, can ensure the leadership […]
Reducing Unconscious Bias in Hiring and Selection
Tags: bias, employee assessments, hiring, hiring and selection, hiring managers, identifying top employees, Job Fit, judgement, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, unconscious bias
It’s easy to rely on past experiences, beliefs, and instincts to make speedy hiring and selection decisions, but all three are one-way tickets for unconscious bias to enter your organization. The fact that unconscious bias is called “unconscious” is significant. These biases are deeply embedded in even the smallest everyday actions making them difficult to […]
2022 PXT Select Assessment Annual Report
Tags: annual report, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, talent management
John Wiley and Sons, the parent company of Profiles Incorporated, has recently released the 2022 PXT Select Assessment annual report. We believe that fully understanding how people think and work will guide hiring managers to make the best decisions and in turn, create high performing work cultures. With the unemployment rate at a historical low […]
The Power of Using Data in the Hiring Process
Tags: behavioral traits, cognitive abilities, data, employee assessments, hiring, Hiring Process, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment
Hiring managers strive to ensure their hiring process is fair and structured but are too often surprised by messier outcomes than expected. The same survey found that: Relying so heavily on instinct tends to crowd out other insights that truly do lead to better hires. Too much emphasis on instinct means too little consistency and […]
The Science Behind the PXT Select Assessment and Talent Management System
Tags: developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, On-boarding, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, talent management
Today’s hiring environment is quite exuberant! Although the tech sector is currently experiencing a wave of layoffs, it represents a very small percentage overall. Then, in contrast, there are many other industries hiring at a furious rate. This results in intense competition for top talent. At Profiles, Inc. we have noticed a significant increase in […]
Measure Cognitive Abilities When Building a Successful Sales Force
Tags: cognitive, cognitive abilities, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, sales assessments
As our clients are kicking off the new year with intentions of expanding their sales force, we are having conversations with the sales leaders to really assess their total needs. The Profiles Incorporated assessment technology to support recruiting efforts is the PXT Select. When we discuss this cutting-edge recruiting tool and how it measures an […]
Enhance Your Talent Acquisition Efforts with PXT Select Assessments
Tags: employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, On-boarding, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, talent acquisition, talent management
Recently, I was listening to an interview with 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa. She was discussing the impact of social media on our society. Basically, she is saying that social media has been instrumental in fracturing society because it creates a forum where facts that are not true can be shared over and […]
How Job Fit is Crucial to Successful Hiring
Tags: behaviors, employee assessments, Great Resignation, hiring, hiring managers, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, resignations, team engagement
Every day we read in the news and on social media about the “Great Resignation”. In 2021 over 40,000 people resigned from their jobs, with more than 4,000 of them taking place in November of that year. Employee engagement, defined as the level of enthusiasm and dedication a worker feels towards their job, is between […]