pre employment tests
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…
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…
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…
Monday Morning Huddle – Workforce Trends You Might Have Missed
Each week I receive and read dozens of articles, posts, and newsletters about workforce trends, recruiting, talent management, and pre-employment testing and screening. I bookmark the ones I find…
Absent Employees Drain Productivity and Profits
According to a survey by Mercer, the total cost of absent employees can equal as much as 36% of payroll…
Avoid 3 Common Mistakes When Using Pre-Employment Tests
Hiring managers, seeking the special ingredients in what makes a top-performing employee tick, are turning to pre-employment testing more and more. But like a promising recipes, the proof…
Good news: Small business is hiring
Despite obstinately high unemployment and continuous layoffs in manufacturing and construction, business is starting to pick up. The bread-and -butter of my business is pre-employment…
Cheating in high school soars
Surveys show that cheating in school — plagiarism, forbidden collaboration on assignments, copying homework and cheating on exams — has soared. The latest national survey of 25,000 high school students by…