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Along with the rapid change of the business world, recruitment becomes more and more complicated. Apart from the traditional job interview, nowadays, there are some other modern alternatives that are worth trying. One of them is the pre-hire assessments.

Read more: What are the better alternatives to traditional job interviews?

Although there are several forms for pre-hire assessments, the most common one is online tests, which include many kinds of questionnaires and marking systems for candidates to fulfil.

Pre-hire assessments are important parts of the recruitment process that evaluate the candidate's technical abilities and behaviours related to the position being applied. They are a scientifically-proven predictive method of measuring how candidates perform tasks.

What are pre-hire assessments?

Pre-hire assessments can be surveys, tests, or questionnaires that potential candidates need to do as one stage of the hiring or interview process. These assessments can predict the candidate's future behaviour while performing the job.

Read more: 5 Reasons Why You Should Not Refrain from Recruiting Fresh Graduate

Internet of Things, or IoT, is a familiar term, which stands for the connection between “things” through the internet. IoT opens up the doors to the bright future where technology makes your life easier than ever. Day by day, our lives are connected more to the internet via devices, applications or services which is the result of non-stop developing in every industry.

The recruitment process nowadays is vastly different from what the older generations experienced in the past. Now, it is more candidate-driven. Long were the days where candidates saw a job ad via the newspaper classified so they decided to whip up their portfolios and hand-wrote their application forms. The candidates then proceeded to mail the package away and patiently waited for the company’s response.

Any fully-integrated business system is a dangerous investment that is not simple . For its complexity, a little knowledge of how your enterprise works is never enough. In the first, second and third parts, we have discussed some dangerous mistakes that can be easily ignored in the selecting process, the connectivity and Cloud ERP packages.

Read the first 3 parts by clicking here: part 1, part 2 and part 3

Read more: Infor CloudSuite Industrial and Real-time Business Indicators (P.1)

Investing in any fully-integrated business system is a challenge that is not as simple as you think. For its complexity, a fleeting knowledge of how your enterprise works is never enough. In the first and second parts, we have discussed some dangerous mistakes that can be easily ignored.

(Read the first two parts by clicking here: part 1 and part 2)

Now, for choosing cloud ERP packages, here are a few things to notice.

Investing in any fully-integrated business system can be a challenge that is tougher than you can imagine. For its complexity, it requires more than a fleeting knowledge. Even in the very first stage - the selection process, there are four core factors can be easily ignored: Reliability, Speed, Adjustability and Complexity.

Next, in the implement process, one thing is often overlooked, it is the connectivity of the Cloud ERP Systems.

Read more: Infor CloudSuite Industrial and Real-time Business Indicators (P.1)

Generation Z, also known as Post-Millennials - along with their ambitions, fresh energy and potential, are the future leaders. However, when it comes to the decision of hiring fresh graduates, organisations have their doubt about young grads’ competencies in a professional workplace, apart from the knowledge they’ve learned. Fresh graduates usually lack experience and training, and may not be ready for a professional environment, yet.

Investing in any fully-integrated business system can be a challenge that is tougher than you can imagine. For its complexity, it requires more than a fleeting knowledge of the way your company operates. 

This challenge is especially true for enterprises with the intention of selecting Cloud ERP systems. Specifically, despite having a list of concerns, they are still choosing the wrong ERP solution due to a variety of reasons. Before you decide to invest in a Cloud ERP system, it is best to make sure you go over the potential issues before they become factors which cause your company's losses.

Read more: Why SMBs Find Cloud ERP Increasingly Attractive

Decide to invest in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a big decision to make. Maintaining it, ensuring it always stay up-to-date with the changes in technology developments is an even bigger concern. Businesses often left baffled as to when is the right time to upgrade their current ERP systems. Uncertainties and delays in obtaining the suitable version can lead to lower productivity, decrease in revenue, and many missed opportunities.

Infographic: A comparison of tier 1 ERP vendors