employee 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…

A Plea for Common Sense When Screening Employees

Many Human Resource Departments are so busy guarding their houses against discriminatory hiring and unlawful firing that the competition is just walking in and raiding their chicken coop of talent…

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…

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…

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…

Why Companies Will Fail To Find Qualified Employees in 2012

Whether you believe there is a shortage of qualified candidates or an unwillingness of companies to pay the salaries skilled workers demand will be argued well into 2012 and beyond…

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…

What to look for in talent assessment tools?

Personality assessments on their own can help you hire effectively, manage employees better and implement better organizational development strategies…