by Warren Bobrow | Feb 8, 2016 | Employee Engagement, Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
With great fanfare, Intel announced recently that it is making progress in meeting its diversity goals. I’m not going to pick on their numbers as their current demographics are what they are. There are some good lessons we can learn from how they approached the issue....
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 25, 2016 | Leadership, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
There is a parlor game in some circles which asks whether any organization would hire Steve Jobs using “traditional” selection tools to run a company. The conversation can be held for any person who is seen as an outsider who succeeds. Part of this discussion is moot...
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 | Dec 21, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
Every generation gets over researched, and Millennials are no exception. I say over researched because it’s easy to stereotype younger workers based on this data. It’s almost like sewing on their Myers-Briggs type. Generations of workers are shaped by the culture of...
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 | Sep 29, 2015 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
There are several approaches that companies take with their customer service: Necessary evil. This is when they figure they have to have it (by expectation or regulation). A cost of doing business. Companies take this approach when they still take orders online and...
