Summary

Hi, Calvin here from FullFind.

In today’s newsletter, we’re going to cover:

• The age of skill-based hiring

• How to create a ‘complimentary’ skill test

• And much more…

Actionable Tip of the Day

You don’t need to design skill tests on your own. Use TestGorilla (.) com. They have pre-built tests that you can have all candidates do. For any role you can think of.

Some of my favourite tests that I always use for my candidates:

• C2 English Proficiency

• Verbal Reasoning

• (Text) Attention-to-detail

• Problem Solving

• Time Management

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Deep Dive

It is very easy for candidates to lie. It is common for people to bend the truth a little bit to get what you want. This includes your remote talent.

This is why it is the age of skill-based hiring.

But most roles will need more than a specific skill. For example: a video editor needs to be able to understand a bit of copywriting, content strategy or even SEO. Here are 2 types of skills that you need to test:

1. Core Skill

Test their role-specific skills by using a past brief or task from your company. Test the candidates for 2 things: Speed and Quality

Speed: The result they can produce within a tight deadline (1-3 hours)

Quality: The result they can produce given enough time (24-48 hours)

I believe that this approach, combining real tasks with a structured deadline, will clearly distinguish skilled workers from unskilled ones.

2. Complimentary Skills

You also need to test the candidates’ complimentary skills that will support their core skills. I believe that being a ‘video editor’ isn’t just about inserting fancy motion graphics. It’s about understanding content strategy, audience research and copywriting. The best remote talent understands that their core skill is not enough. To be the best, they need to learn complimentary skills that help support the outcome of their deliverable.

You want videos that get views.

You want blog posts that get traffic.

You want client communications that result in retention.

Ultimately, these are all achieved by combining a talent’s core skill with complimentary skills.

That’s why at FullFind, we test these complimentary skills.

And you should too.

How I Can Help You

I can help you hire remote talent based on skill-based hiring.

For $100 to start.

Each candidate will give you FREE samples of their work before you even interview them.

If you don’t like the talent within 30 days of hiring them you hire, we will REFUND you.

We can also replace the talent for free anytime.

Schedule a no-obligation call ​​here​​ if you’re looking to hire editors, designers, project managers, etc in the near future.

Talk soon,

Calvin

FullFind