Insights, trends and practical guidance for HR professionals, leaders and teams — helping you hire, develop and retain great people with confidence.
Your annual review is only as useful as your preparation. Here's how to take stock of your year, run an honest self-assessment, and counter the biases that skew how you judge your own work.
Only 15% of employees find their annual review useful. Here's how HR can change the format, communication, follow-up, and frequency of performance reviews so they lead to real action.
More than 1,100 HR professionals registered for the Assessio HR Science Summit 2026. Read the key takeaways on hiring, values, leadership, and engagement.
Measuring engagement is easy, but acting on it is harder. Kerstin Alfes and Jessica van Wingerden on what really moves engagement in hybrid workplaces.
Every strength has a dark side when taken too far. Professor Adrian Furnham on why leaders derail and how to assess for the traits you don't want.
Tomorrow's roles won't match today's job descriptions. Pia-Maria Thorén on learning agility, psychological safety, and hiring people who can grow.
Unstructured culture fit interviews reward similarity. Ciara Lakhani and Raluca Chifor on hiring for values with structure, from interview to onboarding.
Candidates understand your selection methods, but far fewer trust them. Alex Tidgård and Emilia Kristiansson on how to close the trust gap in hiring.
How everyday traits tip into risk behaviour under pressure, and what leaders can do about it
Build a salary grid that meets the EU Pay Transparency Directive: the four-factor framework, a five-step process, and the mistakes that leave you exposed.
The EU Pay Transparency Directive is in force. What HR leaders should fix now — equal-value job groupings, pay structures, and manager conversations.
HR teams aren't short of data — they're short of connection. See how Assessio links hiring science to performance and development in one platform.
Following the acquisition of French HR tech scale-up Elevo, Assessio announces a strengthened leadership team to accelerate its mission of Zero Talent Waste across Europe and reshape the future of work.
Assessio and Elevo unite to transform HR Tech in Europe, a game-changing move for customers across Europe. The acquisition creates an end-to-end HR solution for Assessio customers combining predictive assessments with continuous performance and development – all powered by AI and grounded in science.
The following article is based on an interview with Helene Hoppe Revald, Director of Psychometrics at Assessio.
Some roles shape the culture, strategy, and performance of your entire organisation. Manager roles are one of them. That’s why getting it right is critical – and getting it wrong can be costly.
Spoiler: There isn’t one. But there is a formula.
AI won’t replace HR professionals – but it can make them sharper, faster, and more future-ready. That’s the belief driving Assessio’s AI journey. As AI continues to reshape the HR landscape, many organisations are racing to adopt the latest tools. But at Assessio, the focus isn’t on chasing trends – it’s on solving real problems. From recruitment to development, Assessio’s AI features are designed to empower people, not replace them.
The HR landscape is evolving rapidly. As organisations face shifting workforce expectations, talent shortages, and an increasing demand for data-driven decision-making, HR professionals are playing a more strategic role than ever before. Assessio, a pioneer in evidence-based talent management, is at the forefront of this transformation. With the appointment of Mikkel Lundø as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Assessio gains deep expertise in commercial leadership, SaaS, and international company scaling. Most recently, Mikkel served as CRO at LanguageWire, where he led the commercial team across 15 markets, growing the business to over €70M in revenue.
HR is undergoing one of its most significant transformations ever. AI is reshaping the field, challenging traditional methods, and paving the way for a more data-driven and dynamic future. From recruitment to employee experience and strategic workforce planning, AI can provide HR with game-changing opportunities – if implemented thoughtfully. But with great opportunities come challenges. How can we ensure AI in HR becomes an enabler rather than a stumbling block?
Succession planning has been around for decades, but its traditional methods are stuck in the past. In today’s fast-changing, tech-driven age, relying on outdated processes to identify future leaders is like using a map in a GPS world. Success isn’t about checking names off a list anymore; it’s about building a leadership pipeline ready to adapt and thrive in a constantly evolving market.
2024 was the year that changed the HR world, and now at the beginning of 2025, we are faced with a year that promises even more strategic changes. The lessons from the past year have provided a clear direction for the future of work – from new technologies to a renewed focus on well-being and sustainability. And the conclusion is clear: HR must adapt to remain relevant. In this article, we list ten important HR trends that will define the HR year 2025.
By using assessments in your recruitment process, you minimise the risk of making costly hiring mistakes. There are different types of assessments that can provide invaluable insight to many different questions regarding your candidates. Mattias Lowebrant, licensed psychologist from Assessio, explains why combining two specific assessments in a recruitment process is beneficial both for the candidate, and the employer.
We understand that candidates may question why we collect demographic data during assessments. At Assessio, our goal is to make the recruitment process as fair and unbiased as possible, benefiting both candidates and recruiters. Helene Hoppe Revald, Head of Psychometrics at Assessio, explains why this data matters and how we use it.
Talent management plays a central role in your employees’ development and the organisation’s success. When done correctly, it acts as a catalyst to close the skill gap, saves you time, and allows your employees and leaders to reach their full potential. Ineffective practices can have the opposite effect, resulting in hindered individual development and performance, as well as the overall success of the company.
Using personality and problem-solving tests in the recruitment process increases the likelihood of an optimal person-job-fit. It’s not only from an employer perspective that assessments can be beneficial, also candidates get a fair chance to demonstrate their abilities and competencies in a fair and unbiased way.
Assessio is proud to announce the acquisition of Wisnio, a fast growing HR tech provider of talent assessment and development solutions. With pioneering generative AI capabilities, Wisnio brings a highly attractive product primarily targeting the private equity and executive search segments of the market that will significantly enhance Assessio’s market position.
When the HR department is compared with other departments, HR is often measured by employee well-being and satisfaction, while other departments, such as Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success, are rigorously measured by how they support the business commercially. The business value HR creates or fails to create is often opaque.
In today’s rapidly evolving work environment, personal growth is crucial for maintaining top performance. Both leaders and team members thrive when they set individual goals tailored to their unique abilities and needs. With our latest platform feature, the AI Development Coach, we offer the tools and insights necessary to set and achieve meaningful development goals.
Assessio is pleased to announce the acquisition of HR Diagnostics and its parent company S&F Personalpsychologie – the HRD Group – a prominent player in the HR industry based in Germany. This strategic acquisition marks a significant milestone in our ongoing growth and expansion efforts, reinforcing our position as a market leader in the HR tech sector.
Under the new ownership of London-based private equity firm Pollen Street Capital, Assessio has embarked on a path of sustainable and profitable growth, targeting international markets. Today, Erik Langaker takes office as new Chairman of the board, to bring Assessio forward in their international expansion and profitability strategies.
A company culture that aligns with one’s own values is more important to many than a high salary, according to a study by Glassdoor. MATCH-V is the latest assessment in our platform that makes it easy for companies to identify their own culture and more accurately attract and recruit the right talents.
JUST LAUNCHED: Our newest and most innovative platform feature yet will revolutionise the way you manage recruitment in an unparalleled way. We have designed a customised solution rooted in the science of psychometrics combined with the technology and innovation of modern AI. A tool that provides both flexibility and ease of use and puts your expertise and demands in the front seat, our brand new AI assistant is here for your every recruitment need.
News! Our latest feature Learning Agility gives you a competitive advantage in uncertain times. This tool provides you with invaluable insights into your candidates’ and employees’ willingness and ability to quickly learn and apply new knowledge in different situations.
