Client-centered employment in customer assistance, tech support, and sales are just a few examples of jobs that require excellent language abilities.
Assume this is something you expect from your new hires. In that situation, you may be wondering, “How can I assure that my shortlist of candidates has the required language proficiency?”
The solution is to include a language evaluation in your hiring procedure.
As a result, we’ll go over all you need to know about language evaluations in recruitment in this blog. What they are, how they are tested, the advantages of administering such a test, and, of course, some best practices are all covered.
Let’s get started!
What does a language assessment entail in the recruitment process?
The goal of a language assessment in recruitment is to evaluate a candidate’s ability to speak or write in the language they’ll use to connect with coworkers and, more crucially, customers or suppliers in a standardized manner. Language tests are frequently utilized in the pre-selection process (See ELAM’s client’s example here) for customer service and inbound sales positions. If you’re hiring for any profession that requires clear and effective communication, whether oral or written, language evaluations are a good idea.
Standardization
If you need to standardize your interview process, a language assessment service is a great way to start.
Your hiring manager may establish the exact competencies required and then efficiently compare the results of the candidates. At a glance, you can identify which applications stand out in terms of language proficiency and start the process of elimination
Standardized recruitment tactics are also the most equitable way to hire new external personnel and justify your employment judgments to your internal unionized employees. You eliminate subjectivity from the evaluation by comparing all candidates to the same criteria and grading them objectively.
Additional advantages of assessing language during the hiring process
Some of the benefits of employing language evaluation in recruitment have already been mentioned, but there are more:
Efficiency
One of the best aspects of language exams is that they allow you to screen candidates right away. It’s much easier to discover high-quality talent early on, so there’s no need to waste time and money on applicants who don’t speak the language well.
Ensure your job’s success
It is beneficial to the hiring manager’s success to select language-proficient persons for roles where this is a need. Getting the right person means satisfying your internal clients’ hiring needs.
Reading and writing
A recognized language test highlights the candidate’s business writing, grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension levels. Multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, writing samples are elements frequently used in these types of assessments. Another important factor is a timed written test which allows the hiring manager to see how quickly and efficiently a candidate writes.
ELAM’s Language Audit Analysis
Because there are so many facets to language competencies, it’s best to subcontract a company like ELAM to initially perform a Language Audit Assessment on the various positions found in your organization. Once you have established the competencies required for all positions, then the hiring process is straightforward and transparent.
Do you have employees who have chosen Quebec as their province to immigrate to? Did you know that the Quebec government obliges them to take a French skills exam?
Language assessment is something to consider when trying to find the perfect candidate for your business. Nowadays more and more companies require their employees to be fluent in at least two languages. This is where ELAM and our language assessment services come into play. But before we dive deeper let us look into what and why of language assessment.
Communication is the key to successful business relationships, especially nowadays when the reality of the working world and the globalized professional market has forced a metamorphosis and language skills can no longer be taken lightly. Post-covid, physical location (city, country, or even continent) is no longer a constraint.
Listening, speaking, reading, and writing are the four essential language abilities. Proficiency necessitates mastery of all of them; some may be more vital to you than others, depending on the function you’re aiming to fill.
26 Jan 2022
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