{"id":999881341,"date":"2012-12-10T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/?p=982457647"},"modified":"2012-12-10T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T22:15:00","slug":"jobfig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dice.npgdev.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/jobfig","title":{"rendered":"jobFig Screening Tool Ranks Candidates for Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"height:0; overflow:hidden; padding-bottom:56.25%; padding-top:30px; position:relative\"><iframe allow=\";\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NkJCmVRhMc\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.dice.com\/2012\/12\/10\/jobfig\/hrtech06\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7302\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7302\" src=\"http:\/\/resources.dice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/hrtech064.jpg\" style=\"height:145px; width:245px\" title=\"HRTech06\" \/><\/a>\u201cThey might be the right candidate for that type of job, but are they the right person to work with your team?\u201d asks Ravi Mikkelsen (<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ravimikkelsen\">@RaviMikkelsen<\/a>), CEO of <a href=\"http:\/\/jobfig.com\/\">jobFig<\/a>, a recruiting technology company with a brand-new behavioral candidate screening tool. Mikkelsen explains his technology, which starts with a short personality screening process of your existing team. The point is to understand your team and company better. Once you\u2019ve screened your team, you can do the same with candidates and rank how well they\u2019ll fit within your existing team. It\u2019s based on four fit indicators, Mikkelsen says:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Performance on group tasks<\/li>\n<li>Social cohesion<\/li>\n<li>Long-term viability<\/li>\n<li>Individual performance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The goal of the screening process is to measure who you are and how well you\u2019ll get along with people, Mikkelsen says. Once you know your team better, you\u2019ll know how that individual will perform within your group. Similarly, as a candidate you want to be where you\u2019ll work out the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThey might be the right candidate for that type of job, but are they the right person to work with your team?\u201d asks Ravi Mikkelsen (@RaviMikkelsen), CEO of jobFig, a recruiting technology company with a brand-new behavioral candidate screening tool. 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