by Warren Bobrow | Mar 8, 2019 | Talent Management
Most popular press about industrial psychology topics makes me twinge. It usually creates a train wreck between human behavior and management and makes over generalizations that fit into neat boxes which do not exist in practice. At the same time, academic...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 4, 2018 | Job Analysis, Talent Management, Test Validation
When doing a job analysis or writing job descriptions, one of the terms that comes up that makes my hair stand on end is “multi-tasking.” While our bodies can perform automated functions simultaneously (e.g., driving and talking), our brains cannot consciously do two...
by Warren Bobrow | Sep 25, 2018 | Legal Issues, Performance, Talent Management
A class-action age discrimination lawsuit has been filed against IBM. Much of the complaints in the action come from a report that purports to outline how the company has systematically replaced older workers with newer ones. IBM is denying the allegations. There...
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 22, 2018 | Employee Engagement, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Test Validation
On some occasions I have mentioned that companies that need blue-collar workers are in a tough spot. Their jobs are not very sexy to the millennial or Gen Z workforces who prefer tech jobs. Also, because lifetime wages are significantly higher for jobs that require a...
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...
