According to the World Economic Forum, only one in ten graduates are employable in India. The skills gap and lack of adequate mentoring make it difficult for organizations to judge an entry-level candidate. To address this, online assessment tools offer a data-driven approach to hiring, allowing recruiting teams to analyse candidates’ cognitive abilities, personality traits, and job-related skills. This holistic approach to evaluation helps ensure that the selected candidate is a good fit for the job, the organization's culture, and long-term goals.
Mercer | Mettl is a top assessment solutions provider focused on innovation and customer satisfaction. By leveraging Mercer | Mettl’s assessment tools, hiring managers can make accurate and informed recruitment decisions and reduce the risk of hiring mistakes.
Employers can use assessment tools to evaluate candidates' abilities, aptitude, and communication skills. Assessments rely on sophisticated algorithms to filter graduate students early in recruitment. These tests provide valuable insights into candidates’ potential job performance, enabling managers to assess whether they possess the necessary skills needed for the job. Additionally, assessment tools can identify areas where a candidate may require additional training or development.
Siddharth Gupta, the CEO of Mercer Mettl, says, “Assessments will be key to gauge the gaps between existing and employable skills.”
Reasons to use assessments to hire graduate students:
Eliminates bias
To promote fair and merit-based hiring, modern-day organizations rely on assessment tools as they are objective. Objective scoring criteria used in skills assessments allow a reliable comparison of candidates across performance metrics. It helps organizations hire based on merit and eliminate subconscious bias.
Administers tests efficiently
Online assessment platforms give employers complete control over the whole process, from test creation, evaluation, and generation of test reports. Recruiters can easily administer tests with human as well as AI-based proctoring solutions. As the tests can be conducted online, the expense of visiting and administering tests on campus also reduces.
Additionally, the test answers are autosaved to manage infrastructure failures, such as connectivity problems, power outages, and system crashes.
Facilitates bulk hiring
Bulk hiring requires significant resources in terms of time, effort, and capital. While it may not be feasible in the real world to interview every candidate simultaneously, an entire batch of candidates can be evaluated using a skills assessment platform at once. This assessment tool by Mercer | Mettl offers automated scheduling, cheat-proof bulk testing, and automated scoring, making the process more efficient.
Reduces turnaround time
Online assessment platforms offer a significant advantage in terms of turnaround time. The web-based tests allow for real-time test evaluation and report generation. Once the tests are completed, the platform generates detailed reports with scores on each assessment in a single dashboard within minutes. This expedites decision-making and enables recruiters to make quick and informed selections.
Mercer | Mettl has enabled India's leading organizations to reach and filter a large pool of candidates, increase campus footprint, and improve the turnaround time. Mercer | Mettl's team of experts can assist in developing and executing a hiring strategy that helps address the entry-level talent needs of an organization. Its research-backed assessments ensure that freshers with the appropriate skill sets are shortlisted for further rounds. The customized assessments, driven by scientific screening methodologies, identify the most suitable graduates with accurate and quantitative results.
Furthermore, the Mercer | Mettl proctoring tool can seamlessly integrate with any learning management system (LMS) to enable hassle-free test proctoring online. Companies can also opt for ID-based authentication and AI and human proctors for stricter anti-cheating controls and have the complete test recorded.
