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HR Generalist Skills Assessment

HR Generalist Skills Assessment

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Assessment Summary
A human resources (HR) generalist is a professional who oversees the human resources responsibilities and activities of an organization. Their role is multi-faceted including the management recruitment processes, employee relations, regulatory compliance, and training and development.
Skills tested in this assessment
The skills tested in this Assessment for an HR Generalist include determining whether the candidate can strategize and come up with the best solutions, systems, and processes for employee development and management. We tested to see if the candidate is able to seek appropriate HR data and information and relay them into a visual report. And if they can highlight were company improvements are needed and implement them where necessary.
What to test with this assessment
You can expect to learn how the candidate executes the best practice of company processes such as onboarding, performance management, and professional development. You will learn how the candidate manages sensitives issues and their ability to problem solve.

About the HR Generalist Skills Assessment

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The role of a HR Generalist is essential in ensuring the recruitment process in a business runs seamlessly. They assist in overseeing the HR department and the implementation of the day-to-day HR activities such as employee relations and training and development.

This HR Generalist test assesses whether job candidates have all of the necessary skills to manage all of the activities and responsibilities of a HR team. This can include having extensive HR knowledge and management skills, being able to think strategically and coordinate all HR tasks.

Candidates who perform well on this HR Generalist skills assessment will have all the technical skills to manage the HR initiatives and assist the whole HR team. They will also have the necessary soft skills to think strategically and create HR activities that achieve HR targets as well as broader business goals.

A person with strong problem-solving is able to find solutions to any difficult situation or issue that may arise. They are valuable assets to a team as no problem ever seems too big to solve, and they can offer strategic and logical solutions to any obstacle.
A person who is skilled in strategy is able to come up with an action plan and tasks to work towards achieving an overall business goal. The initiatives that they create will be able to be implemented by their team to help move the business in a more favourable direction.
The Human Resources (HR) department is responsible for all employee-related matters in the business including recruiting, hiring, training, promoting and paying staff. A candidate who is skilled in HR is a strong people-person and has extensive knowledge of HR regulations, procedures and guidelines.
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You are working with a candidate who is perfect for a role within the organization but their salary expectations are too high. The hiring manager has asked you to do anything you can to secure this candidate for the role but the company doesn't have the budget to offer what they are asking. What would you do?
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Imagine you have just started a new role in a business that has very little onboarding processes in place which seems to be demotivating new hires and potentially attributing to the high attrition rates. In the document below outline the onboarding process you would create for the business. Feel free to use our company or another business as an example and choose any role that you feel comfortable with.
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Human Resources

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You have been tasked with finding and recommending a new HR Technology for the team to use as a fully integrated system including onboarding, payroll, and employee management. How would you conduct your research and recommendation?

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Yes, all skills assessment are customizable and can be created to simulate a job or task. This provides the ability to test a candidate on real-life skills and abilities required for the role. A unique combination of different types of questions can simulate how a candidate will perform in different scenarios.

Combining a detailed HR Generalist job description with a HR Generalist skills assessment can help to identify the specific skills and knowledge required for the job, and can streamline the candidate selection process. By writing a clear and concise job description, hiring managers can attract the right HR Generalist candidates for each role.

Vervoe's comprehensive recruitment guide on how to hire a HR Generalist provides a competency framework that maps out the core job-related hard skills and soft skills required for success in the HR Generalist role. A HR Generalist recruitment guide helps understand the hiring process of building the ideal candidate profile, writing an accurate job description based on skills, selecting the ideal candidate, interviewing top performers, and making a job offer.

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