Assert is a platform that transforms recruitment by utilizing customized industrial challenges and an evaluation engine to assess candidates' specialized skills in real-time. This approach reduces the risks and costs associated with hiring for niche roles while providing employers with a clear understanding of candidates' expertise and areas for improvement.
Funding
$3.6M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Hiring for specialized roles is often risky and costly due to the difficulty in accurately assessing candidates' practical skills and expertise. Traditional recruitment methods struggle to provide a clear understanding of a candidate's capabilities and areas for improvement, especially in niche industries.
Solution
Assert offers a skills-based hiring platform that uses customized industrial challenges and an evaluation engine to assess candidates' specialized skills in real-time. The platform allows companies to convert their career pages into 24/7 hiring engines, providing a practical demonstration of a candidate's abilities. The evaluation engine delivers "evidenced expertise" of the candidate, highlighting their strengths and areas needing development, along with recommendations. This approach reduces the risk and cost associated with hiring for specialized skills by providing employers with a clear, data-driven understanding of each candidate's capabilities.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes companies hiring for specialized roles, particularly those in industries where practical skills and expertise are critical, as well as universities seeking to improve their students' job placement rates.
Features
- Customized industrial challenges tailored to specific roles and industries.
- An evaluation engine that assesses candidates' skills based on their performance in the challenges.
- Visual display of candidate skillsets with specific examples of strengths and weaknesses.
- Flexible challenge definition, allowing companies to define challenge types, difficulty levels, and evaluation criteria.
- Industry-specific screening to identify candidates with the most relevant skills.
- Unbiased assessments through independent evaluators.
- Integration with university systems to share student skill data with recruiters.