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Pre-Employment Screening

Is The Pre-Employment Assessment Skating on Thin Ice?

What’s new in pre-employment assessment?  The answer may surprise you. The talent assessment industry is thriving with growth expected to double by 2020. The value of pre-employment…

The Truth about Resume Lies and How to Detect It

Apparently some executives aren’t only good at building companies.  Whether it’s ego, arrogance, or naiveté, many C-level folks seem to claim an advanced degree from an educational…

Is it okay to use Facebook to screen applicants?

Facebook is back in the news. And guess what? The stories have to do with privacy. (So what else is new?) But this time the shoe is on the other…

Recommended Reading List: Tests for Superstars, Man vs Machine, and Linsanity!

My recommended reading list this week includes articles about using employee assessments to find your next superstar, how workers must learn to work with technology not just use it, and…

SPS Introduces Free Webinar Series on Faster, Affordable Applicant Screening

A combination of technology, social media, high unemployment, and low employee engagement has converged to overwhelm recruiters and hiring managers nearly every time a job is posted. To help recruiters…

The Wacky and Perplexing World of HR and Personality Testing

The wacky relationship between HR and personality testing is an intriguing one. It’s a perplexing one as well. How perplexing it can be was confirmed in a recently released…

Recommended Reading List – Assessments, Helicopter Parents, Twitter & More

Expanding the Use of Assessments Best-in-class organizations are using assessments not only to understand the skills and traits employees have today, but also their capacity to grow. Read…

Casinos Attribute 50 Percent of All Losses to Employee Theft

Casinos appear to be a favorite entertainment venue for millions of people each year.  That’s good news for casino operators. But millions of guests mean casinos must hire lots…

9 of the Best Workforce Predictions for 2012

Having reviewed nearly two dozen different articles predicting what employers can expect to face in 2012, I’ve come up with nine of the best workforce predictions for 2012…

What You Need to Know Before Hiring Top Performers

As a follow-up to my article Why We Need to Hire Fewer and Fewer People, employers must first understand what it takes for a candidate or employee to become…