{"id":27467,"date":"2021-10-19T15:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-elam-site.pantheonsite.io\/?p=27467"},"modified":"2022-04-21T03:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T03:17:15","slug":"guide-to-language-assessments-for-hiring-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elam.ca\/en\/language-assessment\/guide-to-language-assessments-for-hiring-purposes","title":{"rendered":"ELAM’s Guide to Language Assessments for Hiring Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClient-centered employment in customer assistance, tech support, and sales are just a few examples of jobs that require excellent language abilities.\n\n\"assessment\"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?”\n\nThe solution is to include a language evaluation in your hiring procedure.\n\nAs 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.\n
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What does a language assessment entail in the recruitment process?<\/strong><\/h6>\nThe 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<\/a>) 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.\n
\"interviewStandardization<\/strong><\/h6>\nIf you need to standardize your interview process, a language assessment service<\/a> is a great way to start.\n\nYour 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\n\nStandardized 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.\n
Additional advantages of assessing language during the hiring process<\/strong><\/h6>\nSome of the benefits of employing language evaluation in recruitment have already been mentioned, but there are more:\n