Are you hiring a resume or a person of value?

I heard that question a few weeks back and it was profound to me. Are you hiring a resume or the person handing it to you. Ideally, you are hiring both. It is a fine balance for management and human resources to understand and test for a candidate's hard skills and proficiencies versus the candidate's personality and work behaviors.

Hard skill proficiencies are easy to test and most placement agencies today can test computer skills such as Microsoft Office programs or other specialized programs. How does a person get tested for their soft skills such as communication skills, motivational skills, and belief systems?

The Sure Hire Assessment is a fool proof system for the soft skills. And, it is foolproof. All of the questions we ask during the Sure Hire Assessment process are not leading questions and we process "how" the questions are answered, not "what" they are answering. We are looking at the patterns of thinking in an individual and understand the strengths and weaknesses that are inherent in those patterns. This allows management the opportunity to understand how to better communicate and motivate the employee to use their hard skills to fulfill their job duties.