HR Biscuit Ltd | CoActive Assessment

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Email: contactus@hrbiscuit.co.uk

A better assessment solution across the entire talent lifecycle

Changes to the world of work are accelerating at pace and the skills crisis is getting worse with an ever narrower pool of ‘suitably experienced’ talent causing exponential salary growth whilst unfilled roles are damaging economic growth and productivity. In addition, the global recruitment industry remains systemically biased with little or no progress being

We are helping progressive organisations to break this systemic bias by changing how they assess talent. With our innovative CoActive Assessment® methodology and approach we enable organisations to put skills and potential at the heart of their assessment approach; skills that candidates have developed through a broad range of learning, life and workplace experiences, and not just in traditional academic and professional settings.

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CoActive Assessment®

is different

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Finding the right person.

So called ‘capability-based’ interview approaches that still proliferate the recruitment industry are often detached from the reality of the skills and behaviours needed for future success whilst scoring is biased towards appearance and communication style, including a candidates ability to master the ‘STAR’ method. This is why low socio-economic and neurodiverse candidates are less likely to excel in these interviews.

The CoActive Assessment® methodology and approach helps organisations identify currently able or high-potential candidates whose core, interpersonal and leadership behaviours, knowledge and skills not only closely match the needs of a particular role and team, but who can also make immediate and impactful contributions to the organisations goals and support longer-term sustainable success.

Developing your workforce.

Our people are our greatest asset. CoActive Assessments® skills based approach to talent development enables people to be the best version of themselves, to always have clear visibility of their opportunities and career path, and to receive enrichment in the form of training and personal development.

Enabling internal mobility.

Overlook valuable, existing talent at your peril. By driving open, fair and consistent conversations about motivation, skills, values and experience CoActive Assessment® enables an understanding of the foundations of the people within the organisation. By assessing employees against the skills required for success in your future organisation it identifies those who have the skills right now and gives those that don't the opportunity they need to upskill and be ready for the future.

A disruptive, skills-led interview assessment approach

CoActive Assessment® is a disruptive, skills-led, and psychologically robust interview assessment approach that reduces bias, improves diversity and inclusion outcomes and maximises the opportunity for businesses to identify high-potential candidates in a challenging employment marketplace by focusing on potential rather than past experience as an indicator of their likely future performance.

Our innovative and easy-to-use new CoActive Assessment® web app enables you to build, share, use, and store high-quality and psychologically robust question banks that assess candidates against the Behaviours, Skills, Experience and Knowledge needed for success in a particular role.

Product dimensions currently include:

Organisational Level
Leadership Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Core Skills
Behavioural Traits

Diverse recruitment and better outcomes

Weights are assigned to prioritised skills prior to the interview process and are based on the importance of the skill or competency required for the position. Interview scores and maximum point values are pre-established to ensure transparency and integrity, and assessment outcomes can be viewed at both a candidate and campaign level.

CoActive Assessment® has helped our clients recruit and retain more neurodiverse, low socio-economic, and traditionally disadvantaged candidates and improve assessment quality, consistency, and outcomes across both internal and external hires.

Reduce interview assessment bias across your business

Assessment Bias disproportionately affects people from low socio-economic backgrounds and affects not only their entry to work but their whole life career progression.

The CoActive Assessment® methodology and approach represents a progressive step towards a more diverse workforce. By focusing on a candidate's current abilities and potential contributions, as well as a broad range of experiences, our skills-based interview approach creates a level playing field for individuals from diverse backgrounds, in turn fostering organisational inclusivity and sustainability.

We want to help you to reduce interview assessment bias across your businesses and ensure that your candidates have a positive experience where they can demonstrate their potential irrespective of their gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity, or socio-economic status.