by Warren Bobrow | Jun 10, 2019 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment
The current low unemployment rates and data mining have led to companies tossing out wider and wider nets to fill positions. But, is all of this confusing activity with productivity? This article (thanks to Dennis Adsit for bringing it to my attention) brings up some...
by Warren Bobrow | May 10, 2019 | Recruitment, Talent Management
Low unemployment is great for the economy (rising wages!), but challenging for employers (higher quit rates and a smaller available talent pool). This can lead to many creative recruiting strategies and looking at (relatively) untapped sources. I came across two...
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 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 | Mar 6, 2018 | Legal Issues, Recruitment
When we hear about age discrimination employment lawsuits, they are typically centered on older workers being let go when a company reorganizes so that less expensive (e.g., younger) employees are retained. Of course more subtle examples of ageism are present in...
