I am sure you receive feedback requests all the time. But have you ever thought about what you would or should tell them? Giving valuable feedback is not as easy as it seems.

Do you remember the last time when you went to work with less enthusiasm than usual and produced an unexpectedly productive day at the office? This shows the importance of your working environment. If you are surrounded by motivated, inspiring people, your performance will be definitely boosted.

“Could you help me with this ASAP?” - Probably one of the most common questions in business conversations. But help with what exactly? When you are assigned to a certain task, many questions occur in your mind immediately. It is crucial to know when and what to ask or do, or even just to say ‘no’ to someone.

Numbers give you credibility. Understanding the figures behind a strategy increases your credibility and shows that the main elements of your recommendation are detailed enough. Numerical reasoning skill is crucial if you need to deal with numbers during your work.

“Rome wasn’t built in a day” - as the ancient French poem said. Building Rome - the capital of a huge empire - took centuries and can be considered as a highly complex and ill-structured problem. Building a company from the ground up and leading it to success is also a complicated task. The level of complexity of these, similar and even simpler problems demand excellent analytical thinking skills, which allows the problem solver to turn noisy data and information into insights and finally into actions.

The American actor, Henry Cloud, once said “Boundaries are basically about providing structure, and structure is essential in building anything that thrives''. Structuring is a vital skill which exists on several levels. As discussed in our previous article about Data Collection, raw data must be structured in order to create meaningful information. However, that information also has to be communicated in a structured manner in order to successfully convey the desired message. That makes structuring necessary in all aspects of life, throughout daily tasks in your workplace, during problem solving or in everyday life when talking to someone for example.

“Without data you’re just another person with an opinion.” Data collection is the essence of W. Edwards Deming’s famous quote. Nowadays, data is all around you when you are using your smartphone, chatting with friends or reading an article. Collecting data, filtering the relevant from the irrelevant and transforming it is crucial in all life situations, be it work or personal life. It is an essential step in problem solving and indispensable to make well-founded decisions.

Spartafy is a competency mapping tool, developed by Case Solvers. The software is built on different Spartafy tests, which are uniquely designed stories, case studies where users have to tackle lifelike challenges while the Spartafy algorithm measures the pre-defined problem-solving skills.

In today’s world, employers look for skills beyond the ‘academic qualifications’ of candidates. Many of them believe that academic qualifications and experience are something that can easily be found but the right combination of skills that help fulfilling a company’s vision are hard to acquire.

Being aware of a candidate’s knowledge, skills and abilities has a crucial importance to HR professionals, in order to select the best applicants only, who can work efficiently right from the start. Besides the selection process, having a clear understanding of new entrants’ capabilities also simplifies the onboarding process and makes it more personalized.