by Warren Bobrow | Jun 10, 2019 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment
The current low unemployment rates and data mining have led to companies tossing out wider and wider nets to fill positions. But, is all of this confusing activity with productivity? This article (thanks to Dennis Adsit for bringing it to my attention) brings up some...
by Warren Bobrow | May 31, 2019 | Culture, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing
I will admit that I am more of a big picture person than a perfectionist. Going through old blog posts would likely lead to the finding of some spelling errors and grammatical mistakes. That does not bother me as long as I am getting my point across. I also have a...
by Warren Bobrow | May 10, 2019 | Recruitment, Talent Management
Low unemployment is great for the economy (rising wages!), but challenging for employers (higher quit rates and a smaller available talent pool). This can lead to many creative recruiting strategies and looking at (relatively) untapped sources. I came across two...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 16, 2019 | Employee Engagement, Talent Management
Biographical information (biodata) has been used to predict turnover and performance for a long time. The idea is that certain verifiable aspects of a person’s life are indicators of future behavior. To use an adage from an earlier time, if a person has changed jobs...
by Warren Bobrow | Mar 8, 2019 | Talent Management
Most popular press about industrial psychology topics makes me twinge. It usually creates a train wreck between human behavior and management and makes over generalizations that fit into neat boxes which do not exist in practice. At the same time, academic...
