Really, We Can Do That

by Warren Bobrow | Feb 19, 2013 | Assessment Centers, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management

The Sunday NY Times had an interesting interview with Daniel Hendrix of Interface, Inc.  The primary focus of the discussion was on Hendrix’s views on work-life balance and delegation.  That message is important to leaders who are working way too much.  Unless you are...

Another Example From California Law as to Why You Need Honest Performance Appraisals

by Warren Bobrow | Feb 11, 2013 | Employee Engagement, Performance, Talent Management

I am more than open to the argument that most performance appraisal systems are mean, misguided, and do not improve performance.  Many are designed to be punitive rather than part of a coaching process.  Supervisors hate doing them because they are time consuming and...

Is Who THEY Know the Best Person for YOU to Hire?

by Warren Bobrow | Jan 29, 2013 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Talent Management

I’ll admit right now that recruiting is not my specialty.  You find them, I’ll assess them.  However, this article in the NY Times caught my eye.  It describes how some companies are aggressively encouraging employee referrals of job candidates.  While the article...

What if Someone Doesn’t Interview Well?

by Warren Bobrow | Jan 21, 2013 | Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management

Here’s one of my hiring pet peeves:  When talking about assessment, a manager says, “What if the person doesn’t test well?  Do we still have to use the test results?”  As with every question, I first try to think through why it was asked.  Had this person failed a...

This Interview is Really About Me

by Warren Bobrow | Jan 7, 2013 | Performance, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation

I’m always interested in reading about leadership and selection issues from a different perspective.  As in any field, HR (and industrial psychology) can become an echo chamber of the same ideas without generating much new thought.  With that in mind, I was fascinated...

How Much Does Training Cost?

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...