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
Validation: Practical Information for Staffing Professionals
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