The Artificial Intelligence or AI concept refers to a computer or machine with a program that, if used right, can understand problems and solve them. One of the attributes of AI is that it can display different human abilities such as learning, understanding, reasoning, sensory functions, etc. Another characteristic is that it shows its results in different ways; this results from the possibility of configuring...
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One of the most precious elements for a company is the brand. For this reason, the management of it represents a fundamental action for each company. Companies usually focus their brand management or branding on improving their products, but it is also crucial to work on internal branding, i.e. focusing on employees. The concept of employer branding refers to the long-term tactic that an organization...
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Being an independent worker is an alternative that more and more Human Resources professionals are taking nowadays. However, being a recruiter, headhunter, or freelance HR consultant is not as simple as it seems. There are indeed great flexibility, freedom, and opportunity to grow and improve your earnings according to your efforts. But it requires work with professionalism, adaptability, and, above all, discipline to achieve success...
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Psychometric tests are a frequent tool in the Human Resources departments of companies and a fundamental part of any selection process. Depending on the type of test used, the recruiter can obtain an approximation of the candidates' traits, characteristics, and aptitudes objectively; and also inquire into the candidates' values and interests in the job. The types of psychometric tests that are usually implemented in the...
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Psychosocial risks arise as a consequence of deficiencies in the design, organization, and management of work. When it comes to working, the term "psychosocial risk" refers to aspects concerning the social environment and the design and management of tasks that can be potentially harmful to the worker. Both on a psychological and physical level, such as work-related stress and musculoskeletal disorders resulting from long-term stress....
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As the COVID-19 pandemic forces more people (including recruiters) to work remotely, remote job interviews are becoming increasingly common. However, this is something that could intimidate even the most experienced recruiter. It happens because, while the fundamentals of traditional interviewing are still valid for videoconferencing, a remote interview comes with an extra set of challenges and considerations that recruiters must take into account. But no...
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COBOL or Common Business-Oriented Language, as its name indicates, is a high-level programming language for business applications. It was created in 1959 by CODASYL, a consortium of computer industries whose main goal was to regulate the development of a programming language suitable for use in different computers. They based on Rear Admiral Grace Hopper's work on the FLOW-MATIC programming language in the 1940s. It was...
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These days, the COVID-19, or coronavirus, has pushed recruiters to reinvent and make more flexible their recruiting style so that they can continue to carry out recruitment processes without risking the health of its applicants. Therefore, many of these companies have begun to implement a remote recruitment method. If your company has just adopted a flexible work schedule and you are now planning to create...
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Digging through each resume manually is becoming a thing of the past for large companies. Today, recruiters and other human resource professionals are more skilled than ever in the field of technology, and the workforce is becoming younger and more global. Recruitment methods are continually developing, the ones used today are not the same as those of ten or even five years ago. This change...
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Psychometric testing is a common part of the job interview process in many major companies, and even more companies from different countries are choosing to incorporate this type of testing into their selection processes because of the objectivity they possess. The list of large companies that successfully incorporated psychometric testing into their recruitment and selection processes include Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Ernst and Young, Citigroup, E.ON,...
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