by Warren Bobrow | May 28, 2013 | Commitment, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, Surveys
I know that it’s not in fashion to talk about organizational culture anymore as the concept of engagement has taken over. But there is something still to be said about how people think they should act and the social norms that influence them. These influences exist...
by Warren Bobrow | May 20, 2013 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
I am a guest blogger this week on the Human Capital Institute website (and will be monthly for the next 6 months). This month I write about managing the leadership identification process at http://www.hci.org/blog/those-who-want-lead-vs-those-who-can. Feel free to...
by Warren Bobrow | May 15, 2013 | Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
When giving tests, especially for promotions, candidates who don’t move on in the process due to their scores always want to know when they can take the assessment again. Their assumption is that they’ll do better the next time they take the test. This is often a...
by Warren Bobrow | May 6, 2013 | Commitment, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
Several years ago, my graduate school mentor was talking to me about family trees and the conversation moved to academic ones. We talked about some people in the field and who their mentors were and how these branches formed different thought areas. I’m sure the...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 30, 2013 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
In the end, recruiters are sales people. They find prospects (potential candidates), qualify them, and hopefully get the best into the hiring pipeline. Before job posting websites, to find candidates recruiters had to have great personal networks. There is still no...
