by Warren Bobrow | Dec 18, 2012 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, ROI, Talent Management, Training and Development
Most employees need training after they are hired, particularly at the entry level. If you read here regularly, you know that I’m a big proponent of using validated selection tools when hiring and promoting. It’s just more cost effective. Recently, I was reading...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 5, 2012 | Leadership, Performance, ROI, Skills Assessment, Surveys, Training and Development
You might think that’s an odd question given how much time and money companies spend on it. However, they rarely go back and examine whether or not performance improved or what they can do to ensure that it does next time. Why is that? Part of the reason is that...
by Warren Bobrow | Jul 26, 2012 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, ROI, Training and Development
While the heated talk about a “war for talent” has come back into vogue, retaining people (good, bad and indifferent) can be a struggle. In analyzing your turnover situation, it is critical to look at 3 factors for people leaving: External. These include...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 4, 2012 | Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
At some point all of us are asked to determine or evaluate the return-on-investment (ROI) of an initiative or project. In its simplest form, ROI answers the question Benefit – Cost = ? Here are some things that you should consider when doing this type of...
by Warren Bobrow | May 30, 2012 | ROI
HR has a high return-on-investment. don’t be afraid to measure it! www.allaboutperformance.biz
by Warren Bobrow | May 22, 2012 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
A recent journal article called into question whether performance really does look like a bell curve. You know, the distribution of anything that is flat towards the ends and fat in the middle. I have some quibbles with the article, particularly whether we would...
