by Warren Bobrow | Jan 12, 2016 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
Every couple of weeks I come across some sort of article or opinion piece about whether or not HR departments should use social media sites when recruiting or selecting candidates. The articles usually fall into one of two categories: Of course you should, dummy! Any...
by Warren Bobrow | Nov 9, 2015 | Legal Issues, Talent Management
Most HR professionals are aware of the biases that come along with hiring racial minorities and women. Can we now add disabilities to the list? This is an important question given the number of wounded veterans and others with disabilities in the workforce. The paper...
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...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 10, 2015 | Assessment Centers, Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
Nearly all judgments we make about people are subject to some bias. We carry around these mental shortcuts so that every social situation doesn’t have to consist of obtaining all new information. I will leave to the evolutionary biologists to fill in the details as to...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 1, 2015 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Talent Management, Test Validation
Target has had a rough time with pre-employment tests. The previously lost a case of using a clinical psychology instrument in hiring security guards. Now they have settled again with the EEOC for using tests with adverse impact. I’m very curious as to which tests...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 26, 2015 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
I’ve blogged several times (here, here and here) about the City of LA’s firefighter selection process. More specifically, how factors besides the validity of the test, interviews, etc. are being used to cull applicants. Since my last post on the subject, RAND has...
