Hiring people is rarely based on objective evidence and is, perhaps, the least-objective activity that organizations participate in. When we see a … Read more
Managerial-Level Assessments: Past, Present, and Future
Article and research by Charles Handler and Mark C. Healy Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of assessment tools … Read more
Web-Based Hiring Tests: Do They Deliver?
The phone rings. Someone on the other end says he or she wants to build (or buy) a Web-enabled hiring test. Let’s say it will be for salespeople … Read more
10 Screening and Assessment Trends for 2008
Every year, I take a few minutes to reflect on the things I have noticed while working with both producers and consumers of screening and assessment tools. … Read more
More Career Nonsense
Every so often, I come across shameful hiring information included in newsletters. I always thought journalists were supposed to research their facts; … Read more
Good Test? Bad Test?
Get used to it: unless your organization hires everyone who applies, you are testing. Some people (even attorneys who should know better) vigorously deny … Read more
Pre-Employment Assessment Reports: Then and Now
No facet of assessment has experienced as much change over the past decade as has the reporting of candidates’ results. Those of us who worked with … Read more
Fifth Annual Screening and Assessment Usage Survey
We I-O psychologist-types tend to be real data hounds. Much of the work we do for our employers/clients involves the use of data to investigate specific … Read more
Budgeting for Assessments
One of the most difficult aspects of using assessment lies in gaining an understanding of the various pricing models associated with it. This understanding … Read more
Why You Must Implement an Evidence-based Assessment Process
There was an interesting story in the July 19 edition of Time about Dodge & Cox, the San Francisco-based mutual fund company. Here’s the opening … Read more