by Warren Bobrow | Aug 5, 2020 | Addressing Discrimination, Recruitment, Training and Development
I have written previously about blind auditions and interviews. These are ideas that are now gaining a bit more traction as companies look to reduce potential racial discrimination in their hiring practices. Others look at these measures as misguided and that taking...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 27, 2020 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) play integral roles in our lives. In fact, many of you probably came across this blog post due to a type of one of these systems. AI is the idea that machines should be taught to do tasks (everything...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 11, 2020 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Test Validation, Uncategorized
The aftermath of George Floyd’s murder has many of us asking, “What can I do better?” when it comes to ending racism. This is critical in that racial bias in hiring have changed little in 30 years. HR and I/O psychology play a unique role in that we create...
by Warren Bobrow | May 6, 2020 | Pre-Employment Testing, Test Validation
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how the National Football League (NFL) had to adapt their selection procedures to deal with the pandemic. To recap, the NFL selects new players primarily through a draft of eligible college football players. Leading up...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 20, 2020 | Culture
The lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on work culture will take some time to assess. We tend to overestimate changes when we are in the middle of them due to the closeness of the experience. Habits are learned over a lifetime and it takes more than a few...