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Hiring Team Players
April 28, 2011 0 Comments
Assessments The Los Angeles Galaxy professional soccer team paid enormously for British star David Beckham’s talents, seemingly without considering whether he was a team player. Some people already possess the interpersonal skills to be effective team players—but when faced with candidates who lack team skills, Read More
Are Entrepreneurs Different From The Rest Of Us?
February 28, 2011 1 Comment
Hiring Assessments Entrepreneurs are the kind of people who: Recognize opportunities where others see chaos or confusion. Are aggressive catalysts for change within the marketplace or organization. Challenge the unknown and continuously create the future.
Understanding the Requirements of Job Screening
October 4, 2010 0 Comments
HR Policies Concerns about workplace violence, negligent-hiring lawsuits, wrongful termination and other problems are leading many employers to be more careful about who they hire these days. As a reaction to this, most organizations routinely screen candidates as a way of minimizing their legal and Read More
Assessing Strategic Thinking Skills
September 22, 2010 0 Comments
Assessments Each of us has our unique “Time Frame” according to psychologist Dr. Elliott Jaques. In over 20 years of research he found that some workers are capable of planning and carrying out tasks that take three months to a year; those people, he said, Read More
Things to Look for When Hiring Top Sales People
August 25, 2010 0 Comments
The traditional approach to selecting sales people is often to: Focus on previous sales experience Identify the “ideal profile” by examining previous successful Sales Representatives Defining the sales role in terms of one or two dimensions Gut instinct (“I can tell if they are a Read More
The Assessment of Intellectual Functioning in the Work Environment
October 27, 2009 0 Comments
Most organizations need information to assist them in selecting people for jobs. A job candidate’s thinking capability is often the key to success in the current fast paced, hi-tech environment in which academic qualifications and even work experience may not be a good predictor. So Read More
Rethinking Cognitive Skills Testing for New Hires and Promotions
October 20, 2009 0 Comments
Hiring managers need to make accurate assessments about the cognitive capabilities of potential new hires and those up for promotion (e.g. handling complex information, identifying priorities, and making effective decisions). A hundred years of IQ testing has, however, distorted the image of cognitive assessment to Read More
A Reliable Predictor of Job Performance
September 29, 2009 0 Comments
Predicting who will be a top performer is the Holy Grail of the hiring process. There are so many variables that drive job success, however, that hiring managers frequently drop any pretense of a scientific approach and end up trusting their gut. Unfortunately this can Read More
Tip #66: Using Personality Assessments as part of the Employee Selection Process
April 30, 2009 0 Comments
Many companies use personality assessments as part of their selection process when hiring or promoting employees. The purpose of using personality tests is to look for the personality characteristics that will predict future job performance. Personality tests typically measure one or more of five personality Read More
