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Check Your Bench: How Talent Data Helps People Flourish and Business Thrive

By Amanda Nunez | May 30, 2023

Plum knows that when people flourish, business thrives. That’s why the revolutionary talent assessment platform uses predictive psychometric data to inform objective talent decisions, which means companies do not have to venture far to find new talent. Instead, organizations can look for untapped potential in their existing pool of employees. To support this thinking, Plum developed a single psychometric assessment able to empower you to mobilize your talent and invest in your current workforce.

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How to Boost Productivity and Happiness While Working from Home

How to Boost Productivity and Happiness While Working from Home

If your company has moved remote in response to the COVID-19 physical distancing measures, you’re likely set up in your new home working environment by now, and figuring out what’s working well for you. But you're also probably discovering (with possible alarm) what isn't. This new reality so many of us are finding ourselves in comes with many perks, but also many challenges, and we’re here to help.

What's the Difference Between

What's the Difference Between "Culture Fit" and "Job Fit?"

At #movethedial Summit in Toronto this year, Molly Q Ford, Senior Director of Global Equality Programs at Salesforce, said, “Culture fit is the new racism. Forget that word. It should be culture add-on.”

4 Ways to Create Great Candidate Experiences with Job Descriptions

4 Ways to Create Great Candidate Experiences with Job Descriptions

Unless you’re Apple or Google, chances are, when a job seeker clicks on your open job on Monster or Indeed, it’s the first time they’re interacting with your company brand.

Why It's Never Too Early to Design for Diversity

Why It's Never Too Early to Design for Diversity

This article was originally published in Techvibes.

We’ve seen how putting bias-reducing hiring practices and inclusive culture initiatives on the back-burner for too long can build up and erupt: Uber, Google, Tesla—the list goes on.

It's Time to Make Diversity a Hiring Priority

It's Time to Make Diversity a Hiring Priority

The facts are clear: diverse teams are more innovative and better problem-solvers.

So why do we keep hiring people who are like ourselves?

4 Ways Your Company Can Avoid 2017's Culture Disasters

4 Ways Your Company Can Avoid 2017's Culture Disasters

Go beyond just talking about diversity - it's time to commit.

If there’s any one lesson to be learned from 2017, it’s that company culture can make or break a business.

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