6 tools for busy HR professionals

Jennifer Manning
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More and , giving candidates the opportunity to apply for jobs from anywhere in the country and across the world. In turn, this wider net has enabled HR professionals to bring in giant pools of qualified candidates ¨C and of course, more great hires.

But with more job applications coming in, HR professionals know they need to work faster and more efficiently. And the right HR tools can help teams save time and standardize hiring across the board ¨C especially when assessing candidates¡¯ English skills or personality traits from afar.

Need help choosing the best HR software? We¡¯ve got you covered. Here are 6 tools for busy HR professionals ¨C including a number of HR tests for measuring sought-after soft skills:

1. Versant by ɫèAV

How it helps you: Test candidates¡¯ English language abilities with AI

Need a fair way to test candidates¡¯ English skills? Versant by ɫèAV is an HR test that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to score language assessments instantly. Made by ɫèAV, the world¡¯s leading education company, the tool tests candidates¡¯ speaking, listening, reading and writing skills to help HR professionals evaluate how easily someone can handle different workplace tasks ¨C like speaking with customers over the phone or writing clear emails to co-workers.

Versant by ɫèAV also provides an Intelligibility Index score, which objectively measures how well someone pronounces words or expresses their thoughts ¨C both things that are important for effective workplace communication, but easily overlooked.

The test is available 24/7, with no appointment required, in more than 100 countries around the world.

Learn more about how Versant by ɫèAV works

2. Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal

How it helps you: Measure important critical thinking skills

The Watson-Glaser test is a popular critical thinking assessment. In fact, it¡¯s been around for more than a century, helping organizations and institutions measure the decision-making and rational thinking skills of employees, job applicants, and students alike.

The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal tool makes it easy to administer the test on a larger scale. The assessment is timed (it takes 30 minutes) and includes a large bank of questions to help make sure no one ends up writing the same test. The scores are also given as a percentile, based around the following three criteria: whether someone can recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments and draw conclusions.

Overall, it¡¯s a great tool to use with current employees wanting to move up in the organization. But best of all? It can help HR professionals screen out candidates whose critical thinking skills aren¡¯t up to par ¨C and save time interviewing people who might be qualified on paper, but not necessarily in practice.

3. Golden Personality Profiler

How it helps you: Assess a candidate¡¯s personality type and how it will affect their behavior at work.

is one of the most in-depth personality assessments on the market. It allows HR professionals to understand what makes an individual unique. In turn, this leads to greater self-acceptance among employees and the ability to value differences in others¡ªkey factors impacting team performance.

So, how does it work? Powered by Jung¡¯s Theory of Type as well as the Five-Factor Model of personality, Golden identifies the most detailed aspects of an individual¡¯s personality. The program presents findings in a clear and concise report to make it easy to understand.

Of course, this is all good information to have in mind. But how can personality tests be helpful for HR? Not only does this test help predict how well candidates will perform at work, but it also helps to quickly identify a team¡¯s strengths and resources and its potential weaknesses and blind spots. Furthermore, this tool can help HR professionals hire people who will match, or help shape, the company culture.

4. Acsendo

How it helps you: Run assessments and improve employee performance

For many workplaces, it can be difficult to keep morale up. Many people have reported feeling overwhelmed, isolated and unproductive working from home. , on the other hand, can help HR professionals push employee engagement and measure how everyone¡¯s performing.

Within the tool, HR teams can run company assessments to measure employee satisfaction and how they view their work environment, among other things.

It also enables HR to see if workers¡¯ objectives align with company-wide goals, for example, and helps teams create development plans for employees. Even more, Acscendo advertises that their platform only takes a few days for teams to implement.

5. Odoo

How it helps you: Manage employees and recruit from one place

is a pretty popular HR platform; they say they have more than 5 million users worldwide. The tool lets users keep track of things like employee leaves, hours worked, expenses and evaluations all in one place ¨C as well as recruit and manage new job applications, for example.

We also like that they¡¯re open source and that more than 20,000 developers contribute to it globally.

6. Raven¡¯s

How it helps you: Assess the skills needed for leadership positions and reduce bias

Raven¡¯s is another HR test to assess an employee¡¯s soft skills. But it takes into special account the unique skills needed for leadership or management positions. These skills include abstract reasoning, complex problem-solving, and observation skills, among others.

HR professionals get a report with the results. It shows how the candidate compares to others in the same role. The test isn¡¯t influenced by language differences, and overall, it gives HR professionals a better understanding of who¡¯s actually best for the job.

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