In todays episode Bas talks to Olga and Steve on expanding your talent pool by hiring on aptitude in stead of resumes and previous experience.
The discussion is based on the article in Inc magazine on Google's project manager training program that then puts them in work experience programs at Google as project managers.
https://www.inc.com/kelly-main/hiring-google-experience-aptitude.html
We'll share a lot of examples in this episode of other organisations doing similar things, but differently. As Google lets people go through a free online training, others are looking at trainee programs. Olga shares an example of her old employer Pepsico using a business case in stead of a cv selecting trainees and where it does work, both in sectors as well as geographically. Bas shares a case from the City or Rotterdam where they used a case study to select social workers without even looking at a cv. Steve and Bas share experiences with trainee programs for IT staff, with or without any IT degree and hiring recruiters using aptitude tests in stead of a resume.
One of the hardest parts is of course convincing the hiring managers. Olga shares an example of how they got some managers to look beyond the resume. Bas shares some examples of how sharing data with hiring managers can help as well.
If you are looking for inspiration to broaden your talent pool, this is the podcast to listen to.
