This might seem like a no-brainer, but many tests used for selection/promotion have no validity. In lay terms, the scores predict absolutely nothing! Not … Read more
Authenticity: Assessing Whether Your Recruiting Messages Are Effective (Part 2 of 2)
There can be no doubt that the phenomenal growth of social media is forcing recruiters and organizations’ recruiting to become more authentic in … Read more
Are Recruiters Headed For Interviewing’s OK Corral?
Carol Quinn has an interesting theory that recruiters are about to be ambushed at hiring’s equivalent of the OK Corral. “Interviewers … Read more
Is Behavioral Event Interviewing Based on Bad Science?
A few in the I/O psychology scientific community have lambasted me on these pages for suggesting that behavioral event interviewing (BEI) might not be all … Read more
The Recency and Primacy Effects in the Talent Acquisition Process
In the April 2010 Journal of Corporate Recruiting Leadership, I have an article about two very important bias factors in the hiring process. I’ll talk … Read more
Does Increasing Interviewing Accuracy Improve Quality of Hire?
John Sullivan wrote a great piece on ERE a few months ago, titled Five Ugly Numbers You Can’t Ignore. John’s article pointed out public research indicating … Read more
Promises, Promises: How to Identify a Bad Hiring Test (Part II of II)
In Part One I explained why a test user has to be exceptionally careful about trusting a vendor’s claim their test is suitable for hiring. Without … Read more
Promises, Promises: How to Identify a Bad Hiring Test (Part I of II)
You probably already know there are hundreds of self-report tests promising great hires. What you might not know is most of them are poorly designed junk. … Read more
Improving Interviews by Using Forced-Choice Questions to Replace Yes-No Questions
Most managers share the fear of hiring a bad fit, no matter how technically qualified the candidate might be. Unfortunately, most attempts to measure fit … Read more
Recruitment Tech Firms Get New Funding
Two early stage recruitment tech firms — EnticeLabs and HireVue, both based in Utah — reported this morning that they’ve received … Read more