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Talent Selection, Backed by Science

We help companies hire the right people — consistently and legally.

Every hire is a high-stakes decision. Rocket-Hire brings the science of evaluating people to these decisions — so you can reliably identify who will succeed, and defend how you got there.

Trusted by the world’s leading employers
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We help you

01

Verify skills

Objective measures that tell the truth about what a candidate can actually do.

02

Manage high candidate volume

Cut through the noise and quickly identify the strongest candidates.

03

Reduce turnover

Identify candidates with staying power.

04

Accelerate time to proficiency

Faster ramp time, faster return.

How we do it

We apply proven, science-backed processes, tailored to how your organization actually works.

1

Learn the role in context

We define what success looks like for each role — your company’s values, strategy, and culture.

2

Configure the tools

We build screening, assessments, and interviews that measure the attributes that truly predict performance.

3

Verify business impact

We use data to quantify the relationship between your hiring tools and the business outcomes that matter.

Service offerings

Whether an assessment is AI-driven or traditional, the standard of proof is the same. We have over 25 years’ experience supporting our clients with a full slate of selection services.

Talent Selection & Assessment Science

For organizations building or rebuilding how they evaluate people.

Assessment Strategy

What to measure, where in the hiring process, and why — designed around the roles you actually need to fill.

Workforce Skills Analysis & Validation

Document the critical skills via job analysis and profiling, then develop, validate, and document accurate, fair candidate-assessment tools.

Assessment Design & Development

Build the screening, testing and interviewing that fits your roles — and stands up to scrutiny.

Validation Studies

Prove your tools predict performance and hold up under scrutiny. More on validation →

Advising & Auditing for AI Hiring Tools

For teams buying, deploying or defending AI-driven hiring technology.

Vendor Evaluation & Selection

Our rigorous, unbiased framework puts the conversation on your terms, holding vendors accountable. We inspire confidence in your choices, ensuring the best fit with your needs.

AI Bias Audit

An independent, expert bias audit of a vendor’s AI, products, and risk profile — adverse-impact analysis and a credible, defensible basis for due diligence.

Education and strategy on a shifting regulation landscape — the EU AI Act, EEOC guidelines, NYC Local Law 144’s bias-audit mandate, and pending state legislation.

Your Partner for Success

You need expertise in your corner.

Charles Handler

Our founder and principal, Charles Handler, Ph.D., brings a holistic approach built on a blend of multi-faceted domain expertise — balancing science and technology within a business context, and distilling complex concepts into actionable strategy. His background includes:

Compliance / litigation support Psychometrics Technology Business strategy Job/skills profiling Assessment design and validation