What if you could predict with amazing accuracy whether a candidate will thrive or fail in your organization before making an offer? The ECR Certification transforms hiring from expensive guesswork into strategic talent acquisition
Hiring great people starts with great decisions. The ECR (External Candidate Review) is The Metiss Group’s proprietary assessment designed to help hiring teams evaluate new hire candidates more effectively and objectively.
Becoming ECR Certified equips you with the insight, structure, and tools to hire smarter and faster with less guesswork.
Here’s what certification empowers you to do:
Move beyond gut instinct and résumé reading. ECR gives you behavioral data that helps uncover how a candidate is likely to show up in the role before you hire them.
Ensure every interviewer is aligned with a structured, repeatable assessment method that makes comparing candidates easier and decision-making more objective.
Mis-hires are expensive and disruptive. ECR Certification equips you to spot red flags early and focus your hiring on long-term fit, not short-term fixes.
Your ECR Certification provides comprehensive, flexible training and ongoing support:
Four 90-minute sessions delivered as:
Live workshop (virtual or in-person)
Self-paced learning with recorded sessions
Step-by-step tutorials to master the ECR methodology.
Access to 12 downloadable tools to support you before, during, and after each assessment.
Up to 3 sample assessments to test the tool with your own circle and get personalized debriefs.
Receive up to one month of personalized coaching with a certified Metiss Group advisor to ensure you’re ready to use ECR with confidence.
Certified users get the ECR at up to 50% off the standard list price.
$2,000-$3,500 per certification
Includes training, support materials, assessments, and one-on-one coaching.
This certification is ideal for:
HR professionals building hiring processes that scale
Hiring managers who want data to support gut instincts
Talent leaders ready to elevate their candidate review experience
Anyone involved in making hiring decisions who wants to do it better
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The ECR (External Candidate Review) is a proprietary tool developed by The Metiss Group to help hiring teams evaluate new hire candidates objectively. It gives you deeper insight into a candidate’s behavior, fit, and potential.
Hiring managers, HR professionals, recruiters, and anyone who plays a role in hiring decisions. If you're responsible for evaluating and selecting candidates, this certification is for you.
You’ll receive four 90-minute training modules (live or self-paced), 12 resource documents, instructional videos, three trial assessments with personalized debriefs, and one-on-one coaching for one month.
Yes! You can attend a live (virtual or in-person) workshop or complete the training at your own pace through recorded videos.
The total investment is $2,750, and certified users get access to the ECR at 50% off the standard price.
Reach out to our team or schedule a call to get your ECR Certification journey started today.