This is a guide to how ratings work, and how you can apply this to candidates signing up on your platform.
The platform has 5 stars with ratings up to 10 points, so each star counts as 2 points. This allows you to have granular control over rating a candidate.
As you have probably seen when going to authorize and rate candidates, the default rating for someone signing up is 2.5 stars or 5 points (both are the same). In terms of how the platform works, this 2.5 star/5 point rating means that we do not know anything about this candidate and this job, whereas if they were rated less than 2.5 stars/5 points the platform would know they are a bad placement for the job and if they were rated more than 2.5 stars/5 points the platform would know they are a good placement for the job.
Now, rating your candidates might be fairly easy if you’re an existing staffing company bringing your existing workforce abroad--after all, if Jane Doe has been working with you for 3 years, you would know if she’s an excellent waitress and a terrible valet. But if you’re a new staffing company, or if you are starting to scale and bring onboard new candidates, we strongly recommend that you create a standard rubric within your staffing company for how to rate candidates.
An example of a rubric could be something like:
5 stars / 10 points: The best candidate ever (this should not exceed more than 10% of your workforce, and should be reserved for outstanding candidates)
4.5 stars / 9 points: Expert level candidate - someone who is good at the job, and has lots of experience (5-15 years)
4 stars / 8 points: Candidates who are great at the job, and have some experience (5-10 years).
3.5 stars / 7 points: Candidates who are good at the job with some experience (< 5 years)
3 stars / 6 points: Above average. Candidates who are good at the job, with some or no experience but they may have potential.
2.5 stars / 5 points: Default rating
2 stars / 4 points: Candidates who are not good at the job
1.5 stars / 3 points: Candidates who are bad at the job
1 star / 2 points: Candidates are not suitable and/or very bad at the job
0.5 star / 1 point: Not at all suitable and should not be considered.
This is just a sample rubric--you may choose to weigh other items, such as university attended, references, certifications and so on, as you and your team work to create a rubric that any admin can use to give a rating to candidates entering your workforce.
We hope this guide will help you.