The SmartScore by AssessFirst - Explained

Table of contents:The SmartScore: Your Essential IndicatorThe Power of AssessFirst at the Service of Talent RediscoveryA Renewed Candidate and Recruiter ExperienceFaced with recruitment difficulties, the sourcing and talent rediscovery phase is more essential than ever to identify candidates with the best chances of success in your company, your culture, and your team. To multiply your ability to find the right talent quickly, AssessFirst has developed Talent Rediscovery, a tool designed to reactivate candidates who have already completed an assessment and help you unlock the full potential of your talent pool. By relying primarily on behavioral data—personality, motivations, and reasoning—which are minimally influenced by gender (Hyde, 2014; Zell, Krizan & Teeter, 2015; Eagly & Revelle, 2022) and which are the most predictive of success (Schmitt, 2014), we are able to offer you a powerful, ethical, and effective tool designed to optimize your recruitment. In just a few clicks, Talent Rediscovery presents you with a list of qualified candidates, based on your criteria and their potential to thrive in the position.

The SmartScore: Your Essential Indicator

To allow you to measure the relevance of a profile in relation to your search, we have developed the SmartScore: a score from 0 to 100, displayed on each profile, which tells you how closely the candidate matches all your search criteria. The SmartScore is calculated using the most sophisticated assessment technologies and ranking algorithms that currently exist. Several indicators are taken into account in calculating the SmartScore, including:

• More than 50 behavioral criteria: our algorithms identify the profiles that best match all the criteria you have defined. This is the most important element in the equation;
• Location: if you are looking for a profile in Marseille…it would be irrelevant to suggest profiles in Brest. Our algorithms go even further, including daily commute logic: for example, 2 cities may be far apart but connected by a high-speed train that makes the trip in 20 minutes. The SmartScore includes this proximity logic as a ranking criterion;
• Job role: we naturally consider a person already performing the job you are recruiting for as more relevant. However, we have developed similarity indicators between jobs, based on technical skills. In other words: the search results allow you to expand your talent pool by also targeting profiles in similar roles to the one you are seeking!
• Experience and degree as optional criteria: even though they carry the lowest weight in the SmartScore calculation, we have included mathematical logic that reflects their real impact on performance and maximizes their value in the ranking.

Our work on this subject has been recognized by the scientific community and was presented at the European Congress of Psychology 2023!

The Power of AssessFirst at the Service of Talent Rediscovery

Beyond the SmartScore and its advanced matching system, Talent Rediscovery allows you to fully leverage your talent base. On average, our users observe: ✔ A 5 to 10 times reduction in the number of interviews needed to finalize a recruitment. ✔ A more personalized approach to candidates, with messages that adapt to their profile and clearly explain why a position is right for them. ✔ A higher engagement rate, because each opportunity is targeted and aligned with the candidate's expectations. When a recruiter uses Talent Rediscovery, they know precisely why a candidate is relevant, which completely changes the dynamic of the conversations. No more needing to convince a talent to grant you an interview—you are there to offer them an opportunity that truly matches their potential.

A Renewed Candidate and Recruiter Experience

By contacting candidates on AssessFirst, you know that these people match your expectations and have the potential to succeed with you, in the precise job you are recruiting for. Your conversations with candidates are therefore radically different. Your role is no longer to convince them to respond to you, or, at best, to grant you an interview. You are there to present them with opportunities that you know could change the course of their careers and also allow them to thrive like never before. Additionally, AssessFirst allows you to gain efficiency in your process: on average, our users report conducting 5 to 10 times fewer interviews to complete their recruitments! On the candidate side, the experience is also entirely renewed. No more long and impersonal messages: instead, extreme personalization with messages that adapt to the candidate's personality and clearly explain why this job offer is made for them! Recruiting a person based on their potential and on "who they are" is an extremely strong signal. It shows that you are genuinely interested in them, in all dimensions of their person. It is therefore probably no coincidence that more than 2,000 candidates have given us a '5-star' rating on Google (average of 4.9/5). Request a demo. Try free for 14 days.