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SmartRecruiters partners with Mercer | Mettl to revolutionise hiring
Wed, 24th Jan 2024

SmartRecruiters, the hiring platform, has announced a collaboration with Mercer | Mettl, a global talent measurement firm. In a move set to transform the hiring process and talent acquisition, this partnership will address modern, digital workforce requirements, helping businesses make smarter hiring decisions and improving the candidate experience.

Unifying the innovative capabilities of both organisations, the solution enables companies to access a comprehensive suite of talent evaluation strategies, delivering a more integrated and holistic recruitment process.

The integration of Mercer | Mettl's advanced assessment tools into the SmartRecruiters platform offers significant advantages. These robust tools include a highly reliable personality test, which provides deep insights into a candidate's persona within just 16 minutes. This streamlining of the process and the advanced capabilities of the evaluation technologies will help businesses assess candidates' abilities, knowledge and cultural fit more efficiently and accurately.

Rob Symons, EVP Strategic Partnerships at SmartRecruiters, spoke of the collaboration, saying, "We are excited to partner with Mercer | Mettl to bring our customers an even more reliable, accurate, and comprehensive talent acquisition solution." He added, "By integrating Mercer | Mettl's cutting-edge assessment technology into our platform, we are elevating the recruitment process to new heights and enabling our customers to make informed hiring decisions with confidence."

Siddhartha Gupta, the CEO of Mercer | Mettl, echoed these sentiments. He stated that the partnership with SmartRecruiters would provide organisations globally with a seamless solution for attracting and retaining top talent. Being a leading player in the talent measurement space, Mercer | Mettl's technology will complement SmartRecruiters' platform, creating a powerful combination that will enhance the overall hiring process for organisations worldwide.

Gupta highlighted that by joining forces, the companies aim to provide businesses with the tools required to access a global talent pool and effectively evaluate candidates using the most suitable assessment methods.

Both SmartRecruiters and Mercer | Mettl state they are committed to delivering a transformative experience to their shared customers through this strategic alliance. Utilising the strengths of each platform, the partnership enables businesses to make data-driven hiring decisions, reduce time-to-hire, improve the quality of hires, and ultimately increase overall organisational success.

Mercer | Mettl is a global talent measurement capability of Mercer. Mercer is the largest HR consulting company worldwide and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan. Mercer | Mettls research-backed assessments, efficient cloud platform, and in-depth analytics help them deliver transformative results for their clients and employees.

SmartRecruiters enables Hiring Without Boundaries by freeing talent acquisition teams from legacy applicant tracking software. SmartRecruiters' next-generation platform serves as the hiring operating system for 4,000 customers like Bosch, LinkedIn, Skechers, and Visa.