by Warren Bobrow | Feb 26, 2016 | Job Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Test Validation
You think you have it bad when hiring. Imagine if: All of your entry level job candidates were known to your entire industry and customers. You and all of your competitors had access to exactly the same background, pre-employment, and past performance data, outside of...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 15, 2016 | Job Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
One of my favorite personality scales to administer is Openness to New Experiences. It is one of the “Big 5” personality constructs and is supported by a great deal of research. People who score high on this scale seek new experiences and to engage in...
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 | Oct 8, 2015 | Job Analysis, Legal Issues
California has prohibited gender-based wage discrimination since 1949. Courts ruled that the law applied only to exactly the same work. The state took it one step further this week by passing a law this week saying that women have a discrimination claim if there is...
