by Warren Bobrow | Oct 3, 2012 | Commitment, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
So, you have spent a lot of time recruiting for an open position. You get some good resumes and some of those people you talked to actually sound as if they could do the job. This group gets whittled down some more through your interviews and you want to ensure you...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 24, 2012 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Training and Development
There’s an interesting confluence of factors occurring in the National Football League (NFL) right now. The NFL has locked out its referees over a pay and benefits dispute. Why they did so is a whole other blog post. The league is now employing referees from the...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 17, 2012 | Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Recruitment, Surveys, Talent Management, Training and Development
Let’s say you’re about to purchase an employment related test. It could be for hiring entry level personnel, help make a promotional decision or for providing feedback to people on their skills. There are about 50,000 of these available and several that purport to...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 10, 2012 | 360 Feedback, Performance, Talent Management, Training and Development
Is receiving feedback rewarding? Perhaps, if it’s positive. But, feedback providers tend to borrow from behaviorist psychology (Skinner, etc) in assuming that getting the feedback will result in learning, much in the same way that rewarding a behavior will. In most...
