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How to identify quality candidates (and why it’s not about who looks best on paper)
Hiring at scale can feel like a gamble. The CV looks strong, the interview goes well, they start. Then three weeks later, the person quits, underperforms, or just wasn’t the right fit. Identifying quality candidates is essential to long-term profitability. The cost of a bad hire in the UK ranges from 1.5 to 4 times the […]
8 Best Video Interview Software Tools to Streamline Hiring
Introduction Hiring top talent has never been more competitive, or more virtual. With distributed teams and busy schedules, video interview software has become an essential tool for recruiters, hiring managers, and HR professionals looking to evaluate candidates efficiently while delivering a great experience. In this post, we’ll cover the 8 best video interview tools, explain […]
Employee Selection Tests: Types, Tips, and Best Practices
In today’s job market, it’s not enough to rely solely on resumes and interviews to make hiring decisions. Employee selection tests are a useful tool to help employers make informed decisions about candidates. These tests measure job-related skills, knowledge, and abilities, and can provide valuable insight into a candidate’s potential for success in a role. […]
How Higgs LLP is identifying early careers legal talent with ThriveMap
At Higgs LLP, everything starts with people. For over a century, this Black Country-based law firm has been a cornerstone of legal expertise, built on a foundation of authenticity, inclusivity, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. But for Higgs, the key to delivering exceptional results lies in a simple philosophy:“If we take care of our […]
Job Simulations 2025: The Future of Pre-Hire Assessments
As talent acquisition leaders and recruitment professionals, you constantly strive to identify the right fit for your organization. You desire a recruitment process that doesn’t just reveal a candidate’s abilities but also their compatibility with the job at hand. Enter Job Simulations, a game-changing element in pre-hire assessments. By diving into this informative blog post, […]
How to achieve hiring criteria alignment in the recruitment process
Ensuring alignment among stakeholders on hiring criteria is paramount for an efficient, equitable, and successful recruitment process. Misalignment can lead to hiring the wrong candidates or erroneously rejecting strong candidates, resulting in prolonged hiring timelines and unnecessary friction. Here, Chris Platts, CEO at ThriveMap, talks through a streamlined approach to achieve alignment among different stakeholders: […]
Three example best practices to elevate your candidate experience
Looking to improve your candidate experience? You’re in the right place. In this article, we’ve compiled three “best practice” examples implemented by hiring teams to improve candidate experience. But first, we’ll define what candidate experience is and explore its significance in achieving a well-oiled recruitment machine. Let’s go. What is candidate experience, and why does […]
How to Hire Emotionally Intelligent People: Lap of Love Spotlight
It’s said that there are nine categories of intelligence. This means that while some individuals might excel in the structured world of mathematics, others will master more physical tasks, and so on. When it comes to recruiting people with certain forms of intelligence, one type of intelligence isn’t easy to identify from screening a CV […]
Wincanton’s recruitment solution that helps to tackle labour shortages
ThriveMap has been working with Wincanton to build a custom pre-hire recruitment solution that has helped to improve conversion by 50%, increase the number of job offers by 150%, and reduce time to offer by 96%. In this article, we share why Wincanton required a recruitment solution and exactly how ThriveMap’s tool has been helping […]