by Warren Bobrow | May 28, 2014 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
I believe that we are in the golden age of recruiting. The talent pool hasn’t been this rich since the early 90’s. While the economy has been recovering, there are still plenty of talented unemployed (and underemployed) people. Technology has allowed for more...
by Warren Bobrow | May 8, 2014 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
I had the opportunity to speak at a CCNG Improving the Customer Experience event in Columbus this week. It brought together contact center operations people from all over the Midwest. Among the topics of conversations was getting the right people in the right places...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 25, 2014 | Performance, Talent Management, Training and Development
OK, it’s not much of a blog post, but I am excited to be presenting today with Google, Amgen, Paramount, etc at Pepperdine’s Talent Management Symposium http://tinyurl.com/mye2rck. If you’d like a copy of the slides, please send me an e-mail...
by Warren Bobrow | Apr 15, 2014 | Leadership, Legal Issues, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management
First, welcome to all of the new subscribers! As I’m sure you have heard, Brendan Eich was forced out as CEO of Mozilla (best known for its Firefox browser) when it became public knowledge that he gave $1,000 six years ago in support of California’s Proposition 8,...
by Warren Bobrow | Mar 20, 2014 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
Those of you who follow professional basketball (and maybe just live in LA or NY) know that Phil Jackson has been hired by the New York Knicks to be their president of basketball operations. Mr. Jackson was a role player on the Knicks’ championship teams in the 70s...
by Warren Bobrow | Mar 12, 2014 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
The Big Round Table I had a chance to participate in a very large roundtable discussion on hiring last week. Also participating were CEOs, other consultants (none I/O psychologists), students and executives of medium-sized businesses It was a pretty free-wheeling...