CQ Talent™: Ensuring a Culturally Intelligent Hiring Process

Cultural Intelligence

What is CQ Talent™?

A new product that uses the CQ Assessment for the purposes of assessing prospective job candidates.

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Designed for use by recruiters and hiring managers to assess prospective candidates Cultural Intelligence (CQ), cultural values, attitude towards diversity, work values, team fit, and more.

Based on the well-validated CQ Assessment, with new measures of validity that provide feedback on candidate:

  • Self-presentation
  • Work Values
  • Attitude towards Diversity
  • Psychological Ownership of Work
  • Attention to Detail

Benefits

  • Improved hiring knowledge helps avoid costly mistakes
  • Objective feedback reporting helps address bias in the process
  • Feedback includes optional data on “fit” with prospective team
  • Cost and time investment are minimal – a few dollars per job

How Does It Work?

  • The recruiter prepares a short “job profile” and sets up a new “job search” in the CQ Learning Portal
  • Candidates take the CQ for Hiring Assessment online
  • Each candidate’s assessment generates a feedback report to the recruiter and hiring manager
  • Additional reporting includes a comparison of cultural values:
    • Candidates Cultural Values are reported against Team values
    • Candidates Cultural Values are compared to those of the recruiter and the hiring manager
  • Time investment is minimal: 10 minutes to set up a new job search; 20-25 minutes for a candidate to complete the assessment

Package Details

COMPLETE PACKAGE INCLUDES

  • Access to unlimited online candidate assessments*
  • Comprehensive reference manual with setup instructions and report interpretation discussion
  • Interview guide with possible interview questions
  • Online e-learnings for hiring and supervising managers
  • Live support for setup or questions

*CQ Talent™ is a subscription-based product with annual pricing based on estimated annual hires. Contact us for pricing.

Complimentary Cultural Intelligence for Leaders Packet

Learn to Lead with Cultural Intelligence

Now, more than ever, companies need effective leaders at all levels of the organization. Being able to bring together and get the best out of team members from different generations, socio-economic backgrounds, ethnic roots, countries, religions, and educational backgrounds requires a Culturally Intelligent Leader.

We have a collection of Cultural Intelligence leadership articles written by social scientist, speaker, and author Dr. David Livermore.  The article topics include:

  • 5 Questions Culturally Intelligent Leaders Ask Themselves Every Day
  • Leadership Advice You Should Ignore
  • How Culturally Intelligent Leaders Make Decisions

About the Author

David Livermore, PhD (Michigan State University) is a social scientist devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence (CQ) and global leadership and the author of several award-winning books. Learn more about Dr. David Livermore by visiting his website.

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