Using Skills Assessments Over Education, Experience Requirements
By Roy Maurer August 31, 2022 Research from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) A significant portion of HR professionals value skills-based hiring assessments, and some would weigh them strongly as alternatives to traditional education and experience qualifications The survey of 1,688 SHRM members shows more than half of employers—56 percent—use pre-employment assessments to measure job applicants' knowledge, skills, and abilities. SHRM found that: 79 percent of HR professionals who use pre-hire assessments said that the skills evaluations are just as or more [...]