I am excited about a new research report, that we published this week on the assessment market. It is an exciting time to consider assessments and today, companies have better options to make data-driven decisions around talent. One case study that we featured in the report is Proctor and Gamble ( a ModernHire client). I was impressed with the company’s ability to balance science and validity with the candidate experience. This year, P&G announced an initiative to donate a liter of water to every candidate who applies for a job. If you aren’t following P&G or the incredible work of their I/O psychologists and talent team (including Daniele Bologna), I highly recommend it.
Below is the case study from the Future of Pre-Hire Assessments report:
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods company headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by English-American William Procter and Irish-American James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of consumer products in six core categories: Beauty; Grooming; Health Care; Fabric & Home Care; Baby & Feminine Care, and Family Care.
As a Fortune 500 company with roughly 95,000 employees, P&G wanted to improve its talent acquisition process in order to reduce the number of steps and expand the use of assessments beyond campus recruiting. It embarked on a journey to improve selection with a more engaging assessment experience and improved reporting and scoring.
The Goals:
Procter & Gamble’s objectives were to deploy a new assessment for sales to reduce time-to-fill while providing an assessment that would enable quality hires. P&G also wanted to provide candidates with a “Day in the Life” experience.
The Strategy:
Through a partnership with Shaker, P&G was able to provide candidates with a Realistic Job Preview that would measure problem-solving, the ability to integrate information, customer service, teamwork, and relationship-building. Candidates were presented with a series of cognitive questions, scenarios, and prioritization sequences.
Beginning in July 2017, P&G began the job analysis that included focus group interviews and questionnaires, a pilot program to validate the assessment, and ongoing monitoring and refinement.
The Results:
P&G was able to achieve the following results:
Expand the funnel of diverse and highly qualified talent by 7%.
Shorten the interview process by ~2.5 months
Cost savings of 80% per assessment
Enhance candidate experience by reducing time needed
The report also features a case study from Comcast and new data and trends to think about in assessments.
