HR Tests - Recruitment, assessment, and personnel selection

The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) is considering a name change. For those that don't know, SIOP is a div...

In a recent post over at ERE, the author mentions a website that provides employers with the ability to screen candidates based on a measu...

Just got back from Nashville after having attended the 2009 IPMA-HR/IPAC conference. Great information, great people, and really enjoyed Na...

In the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology, one study stood out: the authors studied employee testimonials shown on r...

We tend to think of successes and failures of applicant tracking systems and other recruitment- and assessment-related technologies as impac...

In the August 2009 issue of IPAC's Assessment Council News I write about how recruitment and assessment professionals can take advanta...

The latest issue of the International Journal of Testing has some good stuff in it, particularly if you're in education. Here's a...

On August 13th I gave a presentation at a PTC-NC luncheon about the Ricci decision . We had a great discussion about the implications (whi...

The September 2009 issue of IJSA (International Journal of Selection and Assessment) is chalk full of good stuff. Let's dive in. 1) An...

Here are some research studies that you may have missed: Predicting applicants' job pursuit behavior from their selection expectations: ...

Situational judgment tests (SJTs) have a long tradition of successfully being used in employment tests. These types of (typically multiple-c...

The Ricci v. DeStefano decision continues to generate a lot of interest . To help sort it all out, the Personnel Testing Council of Metrop...

You've always suspected that HR would make a great comic (graphic novel), right? Well turns out you're right. Check out Super Human...

Many of us would agree in the wake of recent financial meltdowns that much of the problem stemmed from poor decision making--presumably from...

There's been a lot of hoopla over the last several days over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano . It's bee...

Feel like going to Denver in October? That's when SIOP is going to have its annual Leading Edge Consortium. Previous consortiums have ...

Looking for a way to turn off qualified applicants in one easy step? The City of Bozeman, MT may have put its finger on it. Turns out they ...

The Summer 2009 issue of Personnel Psychology covers a lot of ground. Take a look: Kuncel & Tellegen demonstrate (with undergrads) th...

Those of you who know about research in personnel selection know that while interviews have been shown to be predictive of job success, seve...

" I'm really excited about this job. Hurry up and pick me ." How would you feel if a candidate said that to you? A bit...con...