It is not a stretch to say that the validation of pre-employment assessment tools is both one of the most important, and one of the most overlooked, … Read more
Cheat Sheet on Employment Discrimination and New Media
So, there you are, innocently researching a potentially awesome new candidate when you stumble upon her personal blog that goes beyond mere TMI and causes … Read more
Quiet and Effective: Value in HR Technology
The hot stuff in HR technology these days is all to do with social networking. Recruiters are flocking to social media with the energy of a bull let loose … Read more
New Sites Help Develop and Differentiate Candidates
There are a raft of new find-a-job and career sites that have come to our attention in the last few weeks. There are the “me toos”: retooled … Read more
Why Recruiting Has to Go Video
We live in a world of pictures, movies, and sound. The printed word is being replaced and expanded by cheap, easy access to video websites like YouTube as … Read more
Results from the 6th Annual Rocket-Hire Online Assessment Usage Survey
Article and research by Charles Handler and Mark C. Healy For the last seven years, Rocket-Hire has surveyed users of web-based pre-employment assessment … Read more
Why Competency-based Selection Should Be in Your Toolkit
Competency-based selection (also known as behavioral selection) is a well-known selection method about which many books have been written, and many … Read more
Thoughts on the Ricci Decision
It has been an interesting week as I have watched issues that I deal with on a daily basis become part of the mainstream news media. For those of you who … Read more
Supreme Court Says “Strong Basis” Needed In Disparate Impact Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court today gave employers some guidance today on the use of assessment tests, saying the results of these tests can not be ignored simply … Read more
Apollo 11: Rocket Science and the Future of Hiring
We are approaching the 40th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission in which the world witnessed the first human to walk on the moon. This event was … Read more