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Editorial Hiring Playbooks

Practical, no-fluff guides for HR teams and hiring managers. Written by editorial assessment professionals with 28 years of hiring data behind them. Free to download.

Free PDF · 12 pages

How to Test Editorial Skills Fairly

A practical guide for HR teams and hiring managers

Running editorial assessments that are fair and consistent takes more than a good test. This guide covers how to design a fair assessment process, what anti-cheat measures are appropriate, how to interpret percentile results, and how to document your hiring decisions.

✓ What documentation an editorial assessment process should keep
✓ How to set pass thresholds that reflect role requirements
✓ Accessibility considerations for remote candidates
✓ How to use percentile rankings in hiring decisions
✓ Documenting assessments for compliance purposes
Free PDF · 16 pages

Building an In-House Editorial Benchmarking Standard

How leading publishers and media companies set the bar

Inconsistent hiring decisions cost organizations time and money. This guide provides a step-by-step framework for establishing a consistent editorial benchmark across your team — so every hiring decision uses the same standard, regardless of who is making it.

✓ How to define a minimum viable editorial standard for each role
✓ Using external benchmarks to calibrate internal standards
✓ Building a historical dataset of your own candidate results
✓ Creating a standardized review process for hiring managers
✓ When to raise or lower benchmarks based on market conditions

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