CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Unconscious bias' in the field of recruitment and hiring is commonplace in most developed economies. For example, studies have shown that a 'foreign' named applicant will be 3x less successful in getting an initial job interview than someone with a duplicate CV but a more 'local' name.
But unconscious bias severely limits our ability to build optimal and diverse workforces that can innovate and compete on the 21st century world stage. Furthermore, with unprecedented talent shortages plaguing every developed economy in the world, we cannot afford to disadvantage the very job applicants who represent the best possible solution to our talent problems.
"Unconscious bias in our recruitment and hiring practices is hurting our ability to recruit the 'best person for the job' and that is costing our organisations opportunity, growth, and success, " states Alan Cox, CEO of FluentIQ.
FluentIQ, a New Zealand technology company, have created an automated English communication testing platform that enables no-bias recruitment practices and allows companies to access the global talent pool with confidence.
In the first research study of its kind, the FluentIQ US Employability Survey 2017, studied 120 US hiring managers in order to create a scorecard that could replace an interviewer's subjectivity with reliable data. These scores are now a world first benchmark for English as a foreign language (EFL) job applicants, their recruiters, and hirers.
The full report - 'Prejudice' and the State of Recruitment 2017 and the FluentIQ Employability Scorecard are available free of charge for download using the links provided.
Using FluentIQ, recruiters and hirers will now be able to effectively filter, screen, and select global candidates without bias and with complete confidence.
ABOUT FLUENTIQ
At FluentIQ, our mission is simple: Improve lives through language. This is why we developed a technology platform that automatically assesses an individual's ability to communicate in English. This platform powers FluentIQ Test Center which is disrupting the English language testing industry with a product aimed at global talent and their recruiters and hirers.
FluentIQ was founded in 2015 and is proudly located in the heart of the Innovation Precinct in Christchurch, New Zealand. To find out more about us, please go to: About Us
MEDIA CONTACT
Alan Cox
CEO, FluentIQ
alan@fluentiq.com
+64 21 981 268
