Predictive Analytics and Your Career

Predictive Analytics and Your Career While not new, predictive analytics is an important factor in assessing a candidate’s fit and potential. What is new is its accelerating use in corporate America as a means to filter candidates in and out of consideration long before any personal assessment is made. Lou Adler Lou Adler is a regular contributor to LinkedIn and has so much experience and authority in his perspective on the hiring process that it is worth taking the time to understand what he says about the way Big Brother is Now Determining Your Hirability. Today, a person seeking a position is filtered by all that is in their resume, and all that is in their online brand as well. Theres a list of characteristics that fit into a pattern; the pattern of the Achiever. Here is what the Achiever Pattern that many companies look for consists of: lower turnover with growing responsibility quality of the years of experience rather than number of years quickly being assigned (or volunteering) for important projects and/or teams demonstrating same patterns of initiative responsibility in every position rehiring and being rehired by past co-workers participation in expanding cross-functional teams Why Are Certain Qualities Desirable? If you look at the Achiever Patterns overall impression, you see someone who is willing and able to work within any setting and maximize the potential. They are good to work with, as evidenced by the fact they hire past co-workers and are hired by people who have worked with them in the past. Theres a pattern there of more than a self-centered trampling on the way to a shinier inflated ego the achievement they consistently reach is an achievement that is good for everyone. If you dont have these qualities, you may be filtered out of the running before you ever get to the interview. It may be a good idea to carefully look at your resume and online presence and see how accurately they are portraying your own achievements. LinkedIn profile development has never been more important than it is today because it reveals a pattern that your next employer uses to predict your hirability.