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Skill intelligence for evidence-based decisions
Field notes on designing fair, predictive assessments and turning candidate evidence into decisions you can defend.
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Designing work-sample tasks that predict on-the-job performance
A repeatable method for turning a role's real work into a fair, scorable task — without rebuilding it for every req.
Work-sample design · Jun 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Calibrating evaluators: how to make rubric scores agree
Practical calibration rituals that shrink scorer drift and make multi-evaluator scoring consistent and explainable.
Evaluator calibration · May 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Proportional integrity: security that respects candidates
Tab-switch and copy/paste signals belong on a risk timeline a human reviews — not in an automatic reject. Here is the balance.
Integrity · May 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Real skill over claimed skill: rethinking the resume screen
What changes when the first signal in your funnel is a work sample instead of a self-reported skills list.
Skill-based hiring · May 9, 2026 · 6 min read
From score to story: reading a candidate evidence wallet
A walkthrough of the evidence behind a score — task outputs, rubric notes, and integrity signals — so panels decide together.
Decision evidence · Apr 28, 2026 · 7 min read
AI as decision support, not decision maker
How SkillCort uses AI to summarize and surface evidence with model/version logging — while every decision stays with a person.
Evaluation · Apr 15, 2026 · 5 min read
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