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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 4 Jul 20

For 50 years we’ve known that the best predictor of recruitment success is mental ability. In fact, according to the most recent meta-analysis of research on the predictive power of recruitment assessments, mental ability, on it’s own, predicts 42%–45% of the variance in workplace performance (Schmidt, Oh, & Schaffer, 2016).The following graph shows the overall distribution of the predictive power of various assessments and other hiring criteria.Schmidt, Oh, & Schaffer, 2016So, what have we done with this information? Not much. Many of today’s recruitment processes weigh factors like culture fit, 360 results, emotional intelligence, and personality more heavily than evidence

For 50 years we’ve known that the best predictor of recruitment success is mental ability. In fact, according to the most recent meta-analysis of research on the predictive power of recruitment assessments, mental ability, on it’s own, predicts 42%–45% of the variance in workplace performance (Schmidt, Oh, & Schaffer, 2016).The following graph shows the overall distribution of the predictive power


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