Unbiased Recruitment with Cognitive Assessments
“We don't look at whether a candidate is good or bad, but rather where they excel as an 8 or 9.”
Suad Farah - Young Coders
Summary of the Case
Young Coders, aiming to meet the high demand for IT talent, partnered with BrainsFirst to enhance their recruitment process. By leveraging BrainsFirst’s NeurOlympics games, they identified candidates' unique cognitive strengths, ensuring a better fit for their IT roles. This approach significantly improved their hiring process, leading to higher success rates and long-term employee retention.
Client Background
Young Coders specializes in training and placing young IT professionals, known as "Challengers," into the tech industry. They needed an effective method to assess the cognitive strengths of candidates to match them with the right roles, ensuring both organizational fit and job satisfaction.
Challenge
Young Coders needed to accurately identify the cognitive strengths and potential of their candidates to ensure the best fit for diverse IT roles.
Solution
BrainsFirst provided game-based cognitive ability tests that highlighted each candidate's strengths, facilitating a more effective and precise recruitment process.
Results
- Assess Skills: The NeurOlympics games provided detailed cognitive ability tests, enabling Young Coders to identify the specific strengths of each candidate.
- Customized Profiles: Young Coders created custom profiles based on the cognitive data, matching candidates to roles that required specific skills such as focus, attention to detail, and adaptability.
- Predictive Recruitment: Using predictive recruitment techniques, Young Coders placed candidates in roles where they were most likely to succeed, enhancing overall talent management and HR strategies.
- Unbiased Recruitment: The unbiased nature of the assessments promoted diversity and inclusion, ensuring a fair evaluation process for all candidates.
- High Match Rate: Achieving a 98% match rate before candidates were introduced to clients, ensuring long-term success and retention.
- Motivation and Drive: By considering candidates' hobbies, motivations, and ideal working environments, Young Coders ensured that their IT professionals were motivated and driven to succeed.
Conclusion
Young Coders successfully enhanced their recruitment process by partnering with BrainsFirst. By using game-based cognitive assessments, they were able to identify and develop the unique talents of each candidate, ensuring a high match rate and long-term success. This approach not only improved the quality of hires but also promoted diversity and inclusion, optimized team training, and supported leadership development. If you are looking to revolutionize your talent strategy and unlock the full potential of your workforce, book a demo with BrainsFirst today and discover how our innovative approach can transform your recruitment and development processes.
