by Warren Bobrow | Sep 6, 2018 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
Finding examples of racial or gender bias in hiring or job evaluations is not hard. The latest comes from a survey of lawyers. My sense is that the results did not come from a random sample of attorneys, so I would not quote the group differences as gospel. The...
by Warren Bobrow | Aug 22, 2018 | Employee Engagement, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Test Validation
On some occasions I have mentioned that companies that need blue-collar workers are in a tough spot. Their jobs are not very sexy to the millennial or Gen Z workforces who prefer tech jobs. Also, because lifetime wages are significantly higher for jobs that require a...
by Warren Bobrow | Aug 14, 2018 | Job Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
I wrote a couple of months ago about how McDonald’s is changing the cognitive requirements of some of its jobs by adding channels for customers to order food. I argued that such a development should get them thinking about who they hire and how they train new...
by Warren Bobrow | Aug 7, 2018 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Recruitment, Test Validation, Training and Development
As the economy adds new jobs, some sectors are having a problem finding enough workers for them, including construction. This is regardless of the pay and benefits associated with the jobs. However, the same is true in other blue-collar sectors. This is not a shock to...
by Warren Bobrow | Jul 12, 2018 | Job Analysis, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Test Validation
I am not sure that any HR futurist can tell us how many jobs will be displaced by automation over the next 5, 10, or 20 years. The answer is clearly more than zero. The latest example of this can be read here. The theme of the article is, “Really, a formula can make...
by Warren Bobrow | Jul 9, 2018 | Employee Engagement, Job Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
During the 4th of July holiday, I was binge watching an Australian cooking competition show with my family. It was pretty mindless and entertaining stuff. The gist of each episode was that contestants competed in a theme-based challenge. One was selected as the best...
