
“Praice helped us to become better at matching position and person”
“Praice helped us to become better at matching position and person”
It’s one thing to enter a department store, it’s quite another actually making a purchase. This is why the staff is essential; it’s their job to turn you into a customer. At ILLUM they long ago realized that it takes more than employees with a fancy resumé for the renowned department store to win the retail battle of the customers.
”“We’re looking for welcoming colleagues with a desire to surprise and the courage to offer our customers something more than what they thought they were buying. Granted, it’s much easier just standing behind the register, accepting payment, but when you engage the customer you enter the personal sphere, creating customer loyalty. If you do it the right way,”
Claus MollHR-manager i ILLUM
But these competencies are rarely evident on a traditional cv and you won’t necessarily find a connection between a well-written application and the ability to deliver personal service. In short, ILLUM had to find a new solution when recruiting service staff.

6 steps to stronger recruiting

Praice challenges the traditional candidate evaluation
Claus Moll remains sure that really great candidates have previously been overlooked because they didn’t have comparable experience on their resumé. With the Praice platform ILLUM has flipped its recruiting 180 degrees, making personal traits the first thing getting candidates further in the recruitment process.
”“We believe that personality beats practical experience and Praice challenged us a great deal on the traditional candidate evaluation, ensuring that we prioritise behaviour over experience. This gives ILLUM a different and more diverse field of candidates, it challenges stereotypical thinking and excludes discrimination, making it easier for us to focus on the traits that the customer will actually meet in our store.”
Claus MollHR-manager i ILLUM
New recruiting is a clear advantage
“By focusing on the match between position and person, ILLUM gets a clear advantage when it comes to giving customers the best experiences,” explains Claus Moll, who expects that the new way of recruiting will result in more and more loyal customers because the employees support the brand promise of ILLUM. However, Claus Moll isn’t quite ready to dismiss the personal job interview:
”“It’s all about becoming better at choosing to meet the best candidates, even if they haven’t yet had the opportunity to develop a strong, experience-based resumĂ©.”
Claus MollHR-chef i ILLUM
