by Warren Bobrow | Feb 28, 2014 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management
Let me start by saying that I have a lot of respect for my I/O psychology colleagues who work in the public sector. They work under many constraints that the private sector does not and their selection systems face much greater scrutiny. And they also have to deal...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 28, 2014 | Legal Issues, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Test Validation
Economists are really taking a liking to human resources. Perhaps this is an off-shoot of psychologists winning Nobel prizes in economics so they are moving into our turf. Or, maybe it is because they love large data sets and technology has made them aware that...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 7, 2014 | Leadership, Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management
There are as many measures of leadership success as there are theories of leadership: Follower satisfaction, lower turnover, higher productivity, etc. However, at the end of the day, successful leadership is one component to a successful organization. So, what’s a...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 16, 2013 | Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
Each time I read an article in the business press on Big Data and hiring I chuckle. The authors always make it sound like businesses have just recently discovered how to measure attributes about lots of people and apply them to hiring. The only difference now is...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 9, 2013 | Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
After the 1992 riots, the City of LA decided it needed 10,000 police on the streets (I have no idea how they came up with that number, except that it’s sexier than 9,423). The LA Times reports that officials blame budget cuts which have reduced recruiting campaigns. ...
by Warren Bobrow | Dec 2, 2013 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Performance, Talent Management
Regardless of whatever leadership theory (or theories) you subscribe to, no one questions that effective leaders have good two-way communications skills. They have to have the ability to both get their ideas across and be able to create an environment where others...
