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View all featured posts, articles by Rudy Crous, (Corporate Psychologist, Compono CEO and Co-founder), or filter below for your desired topic.

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Recruitment (20)

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ATS Australia: A guide to smarter hiring and talent management

An ATS in Australia is a digital platform designed to help companies manage the entire recruitment lifecycle, from posting job advertisements to...

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Hiring workflow automation: a guide to smarter recruitment

Hiring workflow automation uses software to run the repetitive parts of recruitment, including resume screening, candidate ranking, interview...

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Choosing the right applicant tracking system for your team

An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a software application designed to help businesses manage their entire recruitment process, from posting job...

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Talent pipeline software: building your future workforce

Talent pipeline software lets you identify, assess and stay in touch with qualified candidates before a vacancy exists. Instead of starting from zero...

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Common hiring mistakes to avoid for high-performing teams

Common hiring mistakes often stem from a lack of objective data and over-reliance on gut feel, leading to poor cultural alignment and high turnover...

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How to scale recruitment with volume hiring assessments

Volume hiring assessments filter large applicant pools by scoring every candidate against the same objective criteria before a human reads a single...

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Franchise recruitment: strategies for building high-performing teams

Franchise recruitment is the process of hiring people who meet one brand standard across many locations. The strategies that work are consistent:...

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Measuring pre-employment assessment ROI for your business

Pre-employment assessment ROI is calculated by comparing what you save in turnover costs, screening hours and faster time-to-productivity against...

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Hiring risk assessment: a guide to smarter people decisions

Hiring risk assessment is the process of identifying potential gaps between a candidate's natural work preferences and the requirements of a role to...

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How to avoid common hiring mistakes and build better teams

The most common hiring mistakes come from relying on gut feel instead of objective data: prioritising skills over behaviour, letting unconscious bias...

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