Creating your own Behavioral Target

This article applies to all Hire users in the PI2 platform.

PI Hire lets you build your own Behavioral Target for a role. This option is particularly helpful if you know exactly what behavioral traits a candidate needs to succeed.

Tip: Want to create a custom target based on multiple stakeholders? You can do so by making a collaborative target.

How to create a Behavioral Target

If you’re creating a new Job

From the Hiring Center, select the Create New Job button.
Enter the job title, then click Continue.
On the left-hand side, select "Create a custom target" (if not already selected).
Select "Create your own" from the options in the center of the screen.
Proceed with "Next."
You'll be prompted to select the characteristics that are most critical to success in this job. (You'll make these selections across 3 pages.)
Make your selections, then hit "Next."
Proceed until you've made all desired selections.
Confirm your choices by clicking "Save & Continue."
Your job will be created, and your custom Behavioral Target will populate based on your selections.

If you’re editing an existing Job

Select a job from the Hiring Center.
Select "Job Target" (if not already selected).
On the left-hand side, select Create your own (if not already selected).
You'll be prompted to select the characteristics that are most critical to success in this job. (You'll make these selections across 3 pages.)
Make your selections, then hit "Next."
Proceed until you've made all desired selections.
Confirm by clicking "Save & Continue."
Your job will be updated with a custom Behavioral Target based on your selections.

Important: If you're creating a custom target from an existing job, you'll need to set the target as "active" before you can start to use it.

FAQs

How many behavioral characteristics are there to choose from in total?

There are 90 behavioral characteristics to choose from when creating a Behavioral Target.

Is there a minimum/maximum for how many characteristics I can select?

Yes. You must select at least 6 behavioral characteristics and cannot select more than 80.

Is it possible to revisit these characteristics after creating the target?

No. Once you've created the target, you will be unable to return to the characteristic-selection screen (also known as the Job Assessment).

Instead, you have 2 options:

Manually override your existing custom target.
Create a new custom target and select characteristics from scratch.