by Warren Bobrow | Apr 24, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Performance, Talent Management, Test Validation
So, in the same week that Tesla says that lack of people is a problem in their business (too many robots!), Starbucks comes to the conclusion that people are biased and are hurting its business, everyone gets training. So, which one is right? Let’s start with Tesla....
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 6, 2018 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Skills Assessment, Test Validation
The U.S. has a lot of people who do not get a high school diploma. This can lead to significant barriers in employment and future opportunities in college. As a result, in 2013, over 500,000 people took and passed a high school equivalency exam (GED). This was a 20%...
by Warren Bobrow | Jan 2, 2018 | Job Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Test Validation
Welcome to 2018! This first link actually highlights a look at valid personality testing on a largely read website. This makes me think that the year is off to a good start in the field. Along those same lines of predicting behavior, a line of thought has always been...
by Warren Bobrow | Oct 3, 2016 | Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
In validating tests, getting a hold of good individual performance data is key. But, it is also one of the more difficult parts of the process to get right. Intuitively, we all think we can judge performance well (sort of like we all think we are good interviewers). ...
by Warren Bobrow | May 26, 2016 | Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Test Validation
There’s a figurative store where the roads of Management and Psychology cross. The shelves up front have the new and shiny theory or practice. More likely than not, it will join the former new and shiny ideas in the dingy back of the store. Some are just flat out...
by Warren Bobrow | Feb 26, 2016 | Job Analysis, Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validation, Pre-Employment Testing, Recruitment, Test Validation
You think you have it bad when hiring. Imagine if: All of your entry level job candidates were known to your entire industry and customers. You and all of your competitors had access to exactly the same background, pre-employment, and past performance data, outside of...
