As an HR professional or recruiter, you’re vetting entry-level applicants based on the caliber of their résumé, burgeoning interview skills, nascent networks, and limited professional references. It’s a process that is often more art than science when an applicant’s work history is limited in scope.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
The reality is a trove of data exists that holds tremendous potential to offer insights into an applicant’s skill set and behaviors that may or may not be compatible with the job he or she is seeking. Those data exist in the forms of academic transcripts, which are widely available yet completely underutilized.
