Not nearly as accurate as if you could mimic the current thoughts of the person offering the job using an array of tools not just text that can capture all of the human senses such as visual and sound not just text.

How is this possible? Now remember I mentioned the area of net technology and how people are very familiar with video content ! Very popular for sure. Why this has occurred is simple, people possess the tools to create video using cell phones etc. Meaning that you do not have to be a production house anymore or a computer whizz to incorporate them on the net.

Now lets stop there just a minute. Ask yourself, have you ever got yourself in a situtation where if you could visually cover a job spec, how accuracy could improve in the candidate selection. If that is flying past you, let me give you an example. A construction firm is looking for an airconditioning specialist who is current on a technology needed to install their airconditioners. By getting your cell phone out and recording this in action at the jobsite or by been sent that by the firm you have a highly visual way of seeing how something is done.

Now image you could ask a candidate to identify a process through that video clip. Only those that work to the airconditioning company's standards will get it right first time. Do you get where I am going.

Another example. A call center wants to employ biligual staff to handle calls. You can already see how the video can help in the prescreening stage. How about audio questions that you can ask in the native toungue. Again ask yourself the increased level of accuracy compared to text in the area of language.

There are a dozen so called tools out there to help you with creating such things on the net. However there are many pitfalls to them which make it difficult for those in HR to feel affinity to such products. These include:

1) Long learning curves which are not program language related but program interface related. An analogy is that while C++ is a programming language, even Microsoft Word needs training just so that you can use it effectively.

2) All but one offer parts of a solution but not all. For example why offer the questioning but then expect one to get the reporting system from somewhere else.

3) So many which offer partial solutions, come at a cost that scares people away. For example if you use one of the leading providers such as Monster or Careerbuilder, you get limited everything for a hugh cost. Limited test takers, limited results, limited features such as only text based questions, limited customization to question.

A company that understands HR in the area of prescreening applicants to get the most accurate fit, also needs to understand it users and the technologies that will benefit them in the changing times. Such a company is appropriately named supercandidate.com

At Supercandidate:

1) They allow you to upload video and soundbite questions which offers critical advantage over any text based questioning due to the accuracy factor.

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