While assessment can be beneficial in most situations, it is better suited for some scenarios. I’m going to highlight a few situations for which I feel … 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
What to Expect From the Assessment World in 2010
It may be a stretch to say that 2009 was a good year for assessment. The impact of the downturn definitely hit vendors of assessment just as hard as it did … Read more
Should You Promote Your Top Sales Person to Sales Manager?
Early Greek mythology tells tales of sailors lured by Sirens. Their sweet music mesmerized the sailors and led them to believe that the illusion was … 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
Metrics That Actually Mean Something
A few weeks ago John Sullivan wrote an article citing a few disturbing recruiting numbers: 70% of participants are dissatisfied with the hiring process; … Read more
Monster’s New Resume Search Is a Winner
When Monster bought Trovix in the summer of 2008, the blogosphere popped with wonder at how the job board would make use of Trovix’ job matching … Read more
The Long and Short Of Culture Matching
As anyone who has worked in more than one organization knows, in addition to job skills, successful long-term employees tend to act and think similarly. … Read more
Another Half-Baked Hiring Idea
For some strange reason, Todd Raphael, the ERE Editor, sent me an article on yet another wacko idea pretending to facilitate hiring. He must think I have … Read more