August 2022 Magazine Edition

A skill assessment strategy can benefit companies in the areas of recruitment, talent assessment, examination & proctoring and learning & development. Today, it is imperative to have a scientific and data-driven approach to ascertain whether candidature is ideal for a particular role. The current edition of All Things Talent aims to deconstruct, establish and explain how a comprehensive assessment strategy can help organisations tackle the huge demand and supply gaps.

SPOTLIGHT

Rohit Agrawal, Co-Founder – DoSelect & Business Head – First Naukri explains how DoSelect is helping organisations hire the best candidates and make sound talent-related decisions using skill intelligence.

SPECIAL INTERVIEW

Rohini Singh, CPO, Fractal, gets candid about hiring plans and how the company relies on various tools, including assessment, to establish a talent strategy that can hire and train besides help market the company to potential job seekers.

Mayank Kumar, MD & Co-founder, upGrad, advocates for AI-based assessment tools that can leverage the same cues that humans do but do it better at scale through automation and explains how these tools are changing the hiring process.

INTERVIEW

Ritika Mathur, Partner, Grant Thornton, shares how organisations are increasingly using assessment tools to find a leadership fit that can deliver a business impact.

Sumeet Doshi, Country Manager-India, UKG strongly believes Digital Workforce Management solutions can improve employee experience in the blue-collar workforce.

SPECIAL STORY

Skills Inventory Can Be The Answer To Win Build Vs Buy Talent Argument
Not just in hiring, assessments play a critical role in making talent decisions from whiteboard to a role-based simulation throughout the entire employment lifecycle of the candidate.

How to Assess The Assessor?
Leaders from Zivame, Quadrangle, HackerEarth and more discuss the significance of using assessment tools for senior management hiring.

Assessment Focused HR Tech Firms On VC And Buyers’ Radar
Info Edge India Ltd snapped up Bengaluru-based DoSelect while Mercer acquired Mettl. The trend suggests that more and more VC firms and buyers are interested in acquiring assessment-focussed HR Tech firms.

5 Assessment Tools To Factor in Your Recruitment Strategy
Given the velocity of the recruitment activity in the country, human resource departments are increasingly depending on automation and assessment tools for screening candidates.

COVER STORY

Op-eds by Pete Hamilton, VP & MD, KellyOCG; Manavi Pathak, Head, Talent and Leadership Development, TATA Trent; Vishwanadh Raju, Head of Talent Acquisition- India, Dun & Bradstreet; and Ritesh Malhotra, Business Head, Enterprise, Great Learning.