Transforming the Graduate Recruitment Process
BNP Paribas Real Estate partnered with Saville Assessment to transform their graduate recruitment process at a time when they were anticipating an increase in the number of candidates applying for the Commercial stream following a merger.
The new way of assessing applicants needed to:
We designed an assessment solution, which included implementation of our Swift Analysis Aptitude test and Work Strengths behavioral questionnaire.
Focus groups with current graduates and stakeholders to really understand the critical behaviors required for the Commercial graduate role.
New technology implementation
of our ‘Role Fit app’, which uses a smart algorithm to calculate a job fit score based on a candidate’s questionnaire completion.
No adverse impact found for Gender and Ethnicity for each of the online assessments.
Higher proportion of female candidates at the Assessment Center stage compared to previous cohort.
Highly robust and predictive screening assessments ensured an increased quality of candidates were going through to the video interview stage.
Stakeholders, Hiring Managers and current graduates were engaged in the focus group session.
High completion rates of the online assessments indicated elevated levels of candidate engagement.
All candidates, both successful and unsuccessful, received meaningful feedback reports for the online assessments.
Approximately 150 hours were saved by removing the manual CV sift and moving to online assessments, equating to a month’s work.
The equivalent of a month’s salary was saved introducing online assessments and avoiding manual CV sifting.
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