Topgrading

Snapshot

"I love it! The Snapshot is such a time saver! It takes seconds to see the most important information and reject weak candidates, rather than having to read the entire resume."

Danielle Robinson,
Topgrading Director, K & N Management

Topgrading Snapshot

The Topgrading Snapshot solves three of the biggest problems in hiring: 1) candidates fudging the truth, 2) excessive time sorting through resumes, and 3) interviewing weak candidates.

As you know, resumes are incomplete and too often are deceptive, so you waste a lot of time studying zillions of resumes, trying to figure out which are truthful and wishing they contained more of the information you want. C Players are good at fudging the truth, so you end up interviewing way too many candidates and hiring way too many mediocre performers.

How the Topgrading Snapshot Works:

In response to an opening in your company or to advertising for a position, candidates email you their resume. When that email has been received, you use the Topgrading Snapshot's automated mailing feature to send them a pre-formatted email inviting them to go to a website (with your logo) and fill out what looks like your standard application form (with your logo). But it’s the Topgrading Career History Form, which turbo-boosts the screening process because it asks for full compensation history, boss ratings, true reasons for leaving jobs, likes and dislikes in jobs, a self-appraisal, and many more revealing questions.

And it contains a “Truth Serum,” a clear statement in the instructions:

"A final step before a job offer is asking candidates to arrange personal reference calls with former bosses."

C Players drop out – good, because you don’t want to hire them anyway. And A Players eagerly apply, because they are happy to arrange those reference calls, knowing bosses will sing their praises.

If you'd like to learn more about this great advancement in hiring technology, just click on the big button below for a free, no obligation trial. In just a few seconds, you can be trying the Topgrading Snapshot out so you can see, first hand, what it can do for your organization.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your FREE TRIAL includes TWO FREE TOPGRADING SNAPSHOTS. That gives you one to try out and learn on and another one to actually use for a candidate! There's no obligation and no credit card required to try it.

For example, suppose you ran an ad, received 300 resumes, skimmed through them, and decided 50 appeared to be worth pursuing. You use the Topgrading Snapshot’s automated mailer to send the 50 thank you notes, asking candidates to apply. The truth serum scares away 20 C Players, and 30 others complete the Topgrading Career History Form. As soon as a candidate pushes the Submit button, you receive both the completed multi-page Topgrading Career History Form and the Topgrading Snapshot.After studying just a few Topgrading Snapshots, you can literally zoom through them and in seconds decide if you want to proceed with the candidate. If so, it’s worth your time to read the full Topgading Career History Form. Let’s look at two “real” Topgrading Snapshots, with names changed, to see how just the most important information you need is shown.

The image above is the Topgrading Snapshot of a real person (with the names changed of course). The Topgrading Snapshot visually portrays the most important information from the completed Topgrading Career History Form. Note that the years go across the bottom and Erik Dorsman was with the same employer from 1997 until 2010. This shows solid longevity - Erik is certainly no job-hopper!

Compensation is on the vertical axis, and shows Erik’s comp moving higher across his career. He has steadily earned more and more money – one mark of a high performer. We can see from his current compensation whether Erik is in about the right compensation range for the job being filled. If he is way too high or too low, he might be an A player, but just not a good candidate for this job.

The Topgrading Snapshot also shows you the reasons for leaving an employer. Erik's chart indicates that he has left two employers, and both are shown as an A – 100% his choice, which of course is another mark of a high performer.

Finally, the Topgrading Career History Form requests boss ratings and Erik says that his bosses would all give him Very Good or Excellent overall performance ratings - an indication that he is an A player.

Here's a a very different Topgrading Snapshot:

At a glance, you can see that John Doe is quite a job hopper, looking to join his 6th employer in a decade. You can also see that he thinks his bosses would give him low overall performance ratings and there are too many questionable reasons for leaving. In contrast to Erik Dorsman, John Doe would probably not be a good fit for a company seeking A players.

One of the best aspects of the Topgrading Snapshot is that you can see at a glance if you are interested in a candidate. In a matter of minutes you could screen maybe 30 Topgrading Snapshots and pick out just the 5 or 6 that look to be the most impressive.

You'll save hours and hours of studying resumes and prescreening candidates on the phone. Not only do you save a lot of time, but more importantly, you will invite only the very best candidates in for interviews. By screening out C players and attracting A players, you will definitely hire more high performers.

For information about the Topgrading Snapshot for Hourly Employees, click [ HERE ].

If you are ready to see what the industry's best talent acquisition product can do for your company by experiencing it for yourself in a no-obligation, free trial...

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your FREE TRIAL includes TWO FREE TOPGRADING SNAPSHOTS. That gives you one to try out and learn on and another one to actually use for a candidate! There's no obligation and no credit card is required to try it.

We look forward to hearing about your great results and answering any questions you may have about the Topgrading Snapshot and keep in mind that it's just the "tip of the iceberg" as far as the products and services that Smart & Associates and Topgrading can offer your organization.