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Video 02 Hire 45 seconds

What a resume can't tell you.

A resume tells you where someone's been, not who they are today. Andrew Banks spent thirty years reading people for a living at Morgan & Banks and Talent2. Here he explains what that misses, and what to measure before you make the call.

Rather read it? Andrew's words are below ↓

Andrew Banks to camera on what a resume can't tell you
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Andrew Banks co-founded Morgan & Banks and Talent2.

The idea
in one line.

A resume shows where someone has been. Whether the hire works depends on who they are, and how they'll fit with your team.

Ask this of
your own business.

Three questions for your next hiring conversation. If any answer is "not sure", that's the gap Andrew is describing.

01

Could you show a director why this shortlist, and who else was considered?

A tidy pipeline shows the stages people moved through. It doesn't show the reasoning.

02

What does your best performer have that their CV never showed?

If you can't name it, your shortlist can't look for it.

03

Before you make an offer, do you know how this person compares with your best people?

Six months in is an expensive time to find out.

How Compono Hire answers those questions.

Compono Hire is an applicant tracking system (ATS) that shows who fits. It runs job ads, screening, scheduling and offers, and adds how each applicant compares with your best people.

See how Compono Hire works 

1

Post the role once

The job ad goes to multiple boards, and every applicant lands in one pipeline with screening, scheduling and offers.

Answers question 01: every applicant, stage and decision sits in one record.

2

Applicants complete a short assessment

A validated Work Personality assessment is part of applying, so there's no separate assessment tool to buy or chase.

Answers question 02: you see how someone works, as well as where they've been.

3

The shortlist arrives ranked

Candidates are ranked against the role, the team and your culture, built from your own top performers, before you read a CV.

Answers question 03: you see the comparison before you make the call.

See who fits before the interview.

Bring the questions above. On a short video call we'll show you a ranked shortlist in Compono Hire and answer anything you ask. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.

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Andrew Banks

Andrew BanksCo-founded Morgan & Banks and Talent2.

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In Andrew’s words

What Andrew is describing

  • You read the resume, you like the person, you cross your fingers, and six months later you find out
  • A resume tells you where someone's been, not who they are today
  • Compono Hire is a full applicant tracking system, and then it does the extra bit that decides whether a hire works
  • Run a tight process by all means, just don't confuse a tidy pipeline with a good hire

What Andrew says (full transcript)

Andrew Banks

Andrew BanksCo-founded Morgan & Banks and Talent2

Most hiring is a guess. You read the resume, you like the person, you cross your fingers, and six months later you find out.

We read people for a living at Morgan & Banks and Talent2, and even we got some wrong. Because a resume tells you where someone's been, not who they are today, not how they like to be managed, not whether they'll fit into your culture.

Compono Hire is a full applicant tracking system, and then it does the extra bit that decides whether a hire works. It measures the person against your best people before you make the call.

Run a tight process by all means, just don't confuse a tidy pipeline with a good hire. You need Compono Hire.

Common questions

Most can't: they track applications and stages. Compono Hire is a full ATS that also scores each applicant's Culture Fit, Work Personality Fit with the team and Job Fit when they apply, so you can compare them with your best people before the interview.

Yes. Job ads to multiple boards, screening, scheduling, offers, CV parsing, messaging, reporting and HRIS integration. Every applicant also completes a validated Work Personality assessment as part of applying, so Hire can rank them against your culture and your top performers.

Culture Fit against your current culture, Work Personality Fit with the team the person would join, and Job Fit against what you set in the job brief. A resume tells you where someone has been. These tell you how they are likely to work with you.

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