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 | 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...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 22, 2012 | Performance, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
A recent journal article called into question whether performance really does look like a bell curve. You know, the distribution of anything that is flat towards the ends and fat in the middle. I have some quibbles with the article, particularly whether we would...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 21, 2012 | Legal Issues, Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, Talent Management, Test Validation
Another reminder that ALL of your hiring practices should be job related, even when looking into criminal recordshttp://tinyurl.com/7dod9ok. For more information on pre-employment testing, skills assessment, and talent management, please contact Warren at 310 670-4175...
by Warren Bobrow | Jun 4, 2012 | Pre-Employment Test Validtion, Pre-Employment Testing, ROI, Skills Assessment, Talent Management, Test Validation
At some point all of us are asked to determine or evaluate the return-on-investment (ROI) of an initiative or project. In its simplest form, ROI answers the question Benefit – Cost = ? Here are some things that you should consider when doing this type of...
