Yeast and Algorithms

In the 90's I had a bread maker. I would make a loaf on time delay to be ready before breakfast. The kids would love to wake up to the smell of fresh bread. So would I. However, every so often, I would forget to add the yeast. It was the last step of the recipe. Those mornings, we would open the lid to find a dough brick in the bottom of the machine. This was a big disappointment for all of us. THe kids would chide me, and then laugh at the brick.

Yeast is the smallest quantity item in the recipe, yet without it, the ingredients were essentially wasted. Yeast is the life-force that brings together the various elements - flour, water, sugar, and salt into a delightful and satisfying loaf of bread. WIthout yeast, the end product is unusable.

Yeast is much like a scoring algorithm that brings together the ingredients of a multi-method assessment. Without the active ingredient of an algorithm, the scores of various assessments sit in a candidate record like a brick of flour and water.

Yeast is the science inside bread. Algorithms are the science inside a well validated pre-employment testing process. However, unlike yeast, good scoring algorithms can not be bought off the shelf in ready to go packets. Algorithms are arrived at through careful analysis and with a scientific approach to experimenting with and teasing meaning out of complex data sets.

Working with Shaker Consulting Group to design, validate and implement a Virtual Job Tryout is a bit like defining the recipe for bread that will be the most satisfying for your recruiting team. The analytical models we use ensure each ingredient comes together and makes a meaningful contribution.

After implementing the Virtual Job Tryout, your recruiters will have a very different and highly rewarding experience. In the morning, when your recruiters open their candidate machine (ATS), it will flood over them like the aroma of fresh warm bread, it will be the smell of success.

Learn more about the recipe for success. Contact us to discover how success is measured.