Are you a good-looking man or woman? Depending on how many X chromosomes you have, this could be a good thing if you’re looking for a job. A new study … Read more
Sales Assessment: What Can I Say After I Say I’m Sorry?
Imagine you were in charge of quality control, and no matter what you did you still had a problem with 80% of your product. Do you think it would be a good … Read more
Farewell Federal Essays. Hello Assessments
Monday will mark an event so momentous it took a presidential order to make it happen. On Nov. 1 the Office of Personnel Management — the U.S. … Read more
Better Recruiter Assessment
It’s time to rethink how recruiters are being assessed, throwing away many traditional metrics, Linda Brenner said today at her pre-conference ERE … Read more
Home-grown Tests: Living Dangerously
I’ve written before about frustrated managers designing their own hiring tests. The story goes like this: one or more line managers become so dissatisfied … Read more
Notes from HR Tech: Lots to see and do, but a bit Thin in the Pre-employment Assessment Department
After missing last year, I was happy to be able to spend a good part of last week attending this year’s HR Technology conference. As usual between the … Read more
Movement from Test to Experience: a Fundamental Shift in Assessment Perspective
Those of us in the testing and assessment business are very proud of what we do. We have about 50 years of experience in helping companies to make better … Read more
The Cost of a Bad Hire: How to Actually Do Something About it
John Sullivan wrote about the cost of a bad hire. Reading through the list, I thought it was extremely comprehensive … someone must have done their … Read more
Uncovering Test Secrets, Part 2
Validation can get squirrelly fast. Without first conducting a legitimate job analysis and choosing a legitimate hiring test, there is no need to go any … Read more
Uncovering Test Secrets, Part 1
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