Wednesday, November 20, 2013

80% of job applicants lie



I found it stunning in the article below that over 80% of candidates lie during the interview.  There is also plenty of data about the same kind of behavior for resumes and applications. 

Over the years, I’ve become a big fan of tools to help improve the hiring process. Recently, I discovered Affintus, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that features a candidate ranking and matching system that compares every candidate to a unique Job Formula and to every other candidate applying for the job. Job Formulas are matching algorithms that can be tailored to your company and position by simply having your top performers complete the Affintus questionnaire. All this is done upfront, before any candidates are screened or interviewed. I have used it twice myself in the last few months for executive level searches and find it invaluable. Here is a one page overview.

If you would be interested in knowing more, I’d love to chat. Just let me know and I can set up a quick 30 minute conversation. 


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