Are you Hiring for Tomorrow?

by Warren Bobrow | Aug 19, 2013 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management

This week I’m a guest blogger on the HCI site.  I wrote about the hiring practices of some big personal services firms and whether the process is getting them the talent of the future.  It is posted at http://www.hci.org/blog/are-you-hiring-tomorrow.

Are The Masses Valid?

by Warren Bobrow | Aug 13, 2013 | Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management

Creating content specific knowledge tests is a time intensive proposition.  When the company using them does not anticipate a lot of openings, the return-on-investment of those tests can be questionable.  For these reasons, I am taking a foray into crowd-sourced...

Are the New Ways of Fishing for Candidates Valid?

by Warren Bobrow | Aug 6, 2013 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management

As the US economy continues its slow recovery, I am sure that some of you are in recruiting mode.  I don’t claim a lot of expertise in this area, except to say that I’m always concerned when recruiters “feel” they have a good candidate without any validated...

Knowledge Be Damned

by Warren Bobrow | Aug 1, 2013 | Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management

There was quite a bit of hoopla a few weeks ago when Google announced that they were no longer going to ask wacky questions in their interviews or use GPA as part of their hiring practices for most jobs.  This interview with their head HR executive provides a bit more...

Using the Right Tools for Identifying Leadership

by Warren Bobrow | Jun 24, 2013 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Training and Development

I’m a guest blogger for the Human Capital Institute this week.  The topic?  Which tools are effective in evaluating leadership.  You can read it at http://tinyurl.com/lwehpns. For more information on leadership development, legal pre-employment testing systems,...

Those Who Want to Lead vs. Those Who Can

by Warren Bobrow | May 20, 2013 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management

I am a guest blogger this week on the Human Capital Institute website (and will be monthly for the next 6 months).  This month I write about managing the leadership identification process at http://www.hci.org/blog/those-who-want-lead-vs-those-who-can.  Feel free to...