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The growth mindset theory was brought to prominence by Carol Dweck, a Stanford psychology professor, and in simple terms, labelling it suggests that “we can grow our brain’s capacity to learn and to solve problems”. Rathlabelling people as smart or not, musical or not, good at math or not, talented or not, and so on, […]

Today there is a tonne of candidate assessment tools in the market and in recent years they’ve become a necessity for many HR professionals. Every provider is trying to bring something fresh and unique to the table, but how can you make the right choice? And do you even need a candidate assessment tool at […]

Employees are your most valuable asset, and if you want your business to thrive, you need to find and hire top talent. However, despite the different channels that you can use to identify and get in touch with the right people for the job, it can’t be denied that there are various challenges that you’ll […]

One method that is gaining momentum is “stealth assessment”. Of course, we are not talking about a ninja’s assessment, but what is stealth assessment actually? With this term, we usually refer to an innovative assessment for students that measures and supports learning in video games. According to the Professor of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems […]

Who should you hire? The technical superstar with all the right qualifications but low to average social/people skills? Or the candidate with average technical skills but a great personality and strong social/people skills? This is a dilemma that employers face more often than not…The essence of the question is actually quite simple; should you look […]

Many of us in the boomer generation are confronting a situation we never thought we would be dealing with: launching a second-act career in our 50s or 60s. Yet that is exactly what many of us are doing — bravely ripping up our old resumes and rewriting our life stories so that we can sync up with a world […]