by Warren Bobrow | Dec 21, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
Every generation gets over researched, and Millennials are no exception. I say over researched because it’s easy to stereotype younger workers based on this data. It’s almost like sewing on their Myers-Briggs type. Generations of workers are shaped by the culture of...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 10, 2015 | Job Analysis, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management, Test Validation
There is always a sense of excitement and dread when I learn of validated pre-employment testing making its way into different media. On one hand, I appreciate the field getting wider recognition. However, the articles invariably have some cringe-worthy statements in...
by Warren Bobrow | Nov 25, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, Training and Development
Organizational development specialists always tell us that change is difficult. They say that people are resistant to new things, are too comfortable in existing processes, and that we really need to be pushed or coddled to leap into the new. Others feel that change...
by Warren Bobrow | Nov 9, 2015 | Legal Issues, Talent Management
Most HR professionals are aware of the biases that come along with hiring racial minorities and women. Can we now add disabilities to the list? This is an important question given the number of wounded veterans and others with disabilities in the workforce. The paper...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 27, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Performance
I wrote a few months ago about the unintended consequences of HR programs. In this case, it was the decision of a Seattle CEO to make minimum wage $70,000 at his firm. So, some time has passed. What have been the consequences in the six months since the plan was...
