Dr. Wendell Williams

R. Wendell Williams, Ph.D., is Managing Director of ScientificSelection.com. He specializes in helping organizations develop job competencies, measure applicant skills, implement performance management programs, develop performance appraisal systems, make promotion decisions, and develop Web-enabled hiring sites. Contact him at rww@scientificselection.com .

The Problem With Personality Tests

Dr. Wendell WilliamsJuly 12, 2013

It seems counterintuitive. Some people claim that personality has everything to do with job performance. Others know that every piece of serious research … Read more

Personality Tests? They Rarely Predict an Employee’s Job Performance

Dr. Wendell WilliamsJuly 2, 2013

Using a Personality Test? It seems counter intuitive. Some people claim personality has everything to do with job performance. Others know every piece of … Read more

The Big Data HR Fad

Dr. Wendell WilliamsJune 19, 2013

Nothing excites organizations like another fad. The latest one happens to be a thing called “Big Data.” Big Data refers to collecting so many … Read more

Big Data: Just Another Big Fad For HR

Dr. Wendell WilliamsJune 18, 2013

Nothing excites organizations like another fad. The latest one happens to be a thing called “Big Data.” Big Data refers to collecting so many performance … Read more

What Not to Ask In an Interview

Dr. Wendell WilliamsApril 19, 2013

You have read all about what to ask in an interview as well as magic questions that will solve all your hiring problems. What about what not to do? Make no … Read more

If You Don’t Know What You’re Looking For, Any Old Interview Question Will Do

Dr. Wendell WilliamsApril 10, 2013

OK, you have read all about what to ask in a job interview and have adopted lists of magic questions that will solve all your hiring problems. But what … Read more

The Black Hearts and White Knights of Pre-Employment Testing

Dr. Wendell WilliamsMarch 4, 2013

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. — Abraham Lincoln … Read more

Hiring Secrets from Great Coaches and Other Workplace Myths

Dr. Wendell WilliamsJanuary 9, 2013

Every so often, someone publishes an article about lessons learned from great coaches offering advice about how to select people. Sorry, this is useless … Read more

Lessons from Great Coaches and Other Myths

Dr. Wendell WilliamsJanuary 9, 2013

Every so often someone publishes an article about lessons learned from great coaches, offering advice about how to select people. Sorry, this is useless … Read more

8 Questions to Measure Your Behavioral Interviewing Competence

Dr. Wendell WilliamsNovember 27, 2012

If you think Behavioral Event Interviews consist only of questions, think again. Highly structured interviews have a long history of accurately predicting … Read more