Employee assessments are performance appraisals or reviews that is used to evaluate employees’ performance and productivity. These tests assess personality, aptitude and skills. Employee assessments are usually done for compensation review, performance improvement, promotions, terminations etc.

Human resource management conducts employee assessments in order to improve their performance and to monitor what the employee is doing according to what he/she is expected to do.

Below are the methods used for employee assessment :

1. 360 Degree Feedback – Multiple evaluation process which includes assessments from superiors, peers and ones’ self.

2. SWOT Analysis – Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of an employee.

3. Performance Interview – Last step of the evaluation process.

An employee database contains critical information, such as each employee’s personal information, as well as company-related information such as their pay scale, hire date, and more. It holds a variety of employee personnel fields such as name, age, job title, salary, length of service, etc for an HR to refer from. A good employee database software should be self-service based where the employees themselves can add and edit their information.

E-recruitment, also known as online recruitment, refers to the use of web-based technology for the various processes of attracting, assessing, selecting, recruiting and on boarding job candidates. Through e-recruitment employers reach larger number of potential employees. Companies may build their e-recruitment platforms in-house, use e-recruitment HR software or employ recruitment agencies that utilize e-recruitment as part of their package.