by Warren Bobrow | May 7, 2021 | DE&I, Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Recruitment, Test Validation
Let’s play some DE&I trivia! As many of you know, the landmark case in employment discrimination is Griggs v. Duke Power. But, what was the aspect of Duke Power’s hiring that got them into court? If you said their use of pre-employment tests, you’d...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 16, 2021 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Training and Development
I frequently hear clients talk about how they need to hire people who are resilient. When I press them on what that means to them, they come up with words and phrases like: Bends, but doesn’t break. Learns from adversity Performs well under stress Doesn’t take...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 28, 2021 | Employee Engagement, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Surveys
One of the most intuitively appealing HR concepts is that of the exit interview. If we only knew what was going through the mind of those who chose to leave our company, we could fix our turnover problems. The thing is that there is more than enough...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 12, 2021 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment
As long as there are pre-employment tests there will be people who do not like taking them. That is fair—most people would like to get the job of their choosing without jumping through hoops or by going through some process which perfectly recognizes their unique (and...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 4, 2020 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
In general, our personalities are pretty stable over our adulthood. Yes, we mature and big life events can alter us, but the building blocks of who we are as people are closer in stability to our eye color than our hair color. This stability has been important to...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 27, 2020 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) play integral roles in our lives. In fact, many of you probably came across this blog post due to a type of one of these systems. AI is the idea that machines should be taught to do tasks (everything...
