Case study: arch advisory group

LOCATION : Chicago, Illinois

INDUSTRY : Recruitment

SERVICE : Talent Aquisition / Recruitment

Arch Advisory Group is helping modernize the hiring process by solving large-scale recruitment challenges. They help guide clients in critical talent attraction strategies and bring clarity to the current Talent Acquisition landscape.

In 2022 Gary Benedik, president of Arch Advisory Group, realized that there was an urgent need to find a better way to assess and evaluate candidates at scale.

At the time, he and his team followed the following process:

Collect candidate leads via direct headhunting, networking or job ad.
Review candidate applications and resumes.
Screen candidates with interviews.
Hand-over candidate to HR/Recruiters.

Screening interviews and resumes assisted his teams in identifying highly suitable candidates, but he realized there was a need to evaluate the candidate’s real-world skills better (objectively).

What problems were they facing?

Arch Advisory Group screened and processed upwards of 80+ candidates every month, for mid to senior-level roles across multiple industries.

Each candidate needed to be interviewed and assessed and subjectively comparing based on the requirements of Arch’s clients.

The challenge was to validate the skills that candidate’s had listed on their resume and ensure they were accurate.

This was an essential part of identifying the best people for their clients.

But how could they tell if a candidate had the necessary technical skills to fill a high-tech role?

The more technical a role, the more complex the field, the more difficult it was to evaluate a candidate’s technical ability for a job role.

For this reason, Gary sought a more accurate way of evaluating candidates to compare their skills.

The solution

After Gary signed up for a free trial of Testlify, he explored the platform and soon decided to use it in his recruitment process.

He quickly identified areas where he could improve his recruitment process:

Quickly create role-specific assessments.
Test both technical skills and aptitudes.
Monitor results in real-time.
Manage large amounts of applicants at once.

Once a candidate was approved after screening, they were sent a Testlify assessment to complete.

The results of those assessments were then handed over to the hiring manager, with the candidate’s resume and any additional information.

This gave hiring managers a broader array of information with deeper insights to help them select the best candidates for a role.

How Testlify improved their hiring process?

Arch Advisory Group used Testify to enhance their hiring process by integrating it into their workflow.

The assessments help Arch provide greater insights for clients, with a reliable and accurate evaluation of candidates, not only for technical skills but vital skillsets, like cognitive ability and role-specific skills..

This immediately increased the value of the information provided and compounded the value of Arch’s service.

Ultimately Testlify’s assessments helped the Arch Advisory group:

✅ Accurately test candidates’ skills and aptitudes.
✅ Reduce the complexity and time to compare candidates.
✅ Accurately and reliably assess the skill levels of candidates.
✅ Provide Hiring Manager with better insights that improve candidate selection.

Change the way you hire with Testlify

Talent assessments can help you improve the efficiency of your hiring process by reducing the complexity of evaluating a candidate’s job skills. No more need to guess or assume a candidate has the skills you need. Accurately evaluate a variety of skills, including languages, programming, software, cognitive ability, and more.