During a trip to a suburban mall near Cleveland, I saw a man wearing a jacket with a logo for Hyland Software, a business-to-business software developer … Read more
Employment Tests Are Anything but Irrelevant
Last week, I found myself wearing down several hours sitting in an airport by catching the latest and greatest in the HR/employment sphere through … Read more
Smarterer the Big Winner in the Startup Contest at Recruiting Innovation Summit
Smarterer has won the 2013 startup competition at the Recruiting Innovation Summit. The award comes with a $10,000 prize. It was selected by three judges: … Read more
Employment Tests Are Becoming Irrelevant for Predicting Job Success
Let’s talk about the future of predicting job success and why the world’s biggest evangelist for pre-hire assessments thinks tests are in danger of … Read more
Revealing 3 Leading Edge Talent Practices From the Silicon Valley
Practices: The return of talent agents; HR owns M&A; and hiring without degrees Anyone who tracks advanced trends in talent management knows that many … Read more
What Not to Ask In an Interview
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
Here’s How to Avoid Picking a Shoddy Assessment Vendor
Selecting a pre-hire assessment vendor is not always easy, but doing it right can make a huge difference. I’ve written about this subject before, as has my … Read more
DIRECTV Improving Funnel, Turnover Among Call Center and Technician Employees
The satellite TV company DIRECTV is in the process, apparently successful so far, of improving the performance and the turnover of front-line employees, … Read more
The Black Hearts and White Knights of Pre-Employment Testing
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
These 5 Trends Are Shaping the Future of Pre-hire Assessments
2013 is going to present the start of a major tipping point in the way people find and are evaluated for jobs (and vice versa), and a blend of technology … Read more