HR Tests - Recruitment, assessment, and personnel selection

For whatever reasons, there are a few topics related to recruitment and assessment that just don't get the attention they deserve.  ...

You only have two more days to take advantage of the "early bird" registration rate for the 2012 International Personnel Assessmen...

Okay, I know last time I talked about how I hate interviews --or at least how they're used.  I promise this blog isn't turning...

I hate interviews. Let me clarify.  I don't hate doing interviews, I hate how they're used. Try this exercise.  Spread your arm...

It's time once again for the monthly research round-up.  So let's dive right in: The June  International Journal of Selection and ...

Like millions of other people, I saw Marvel's The Avengers yesterday.  It's anticipated to bring in around $200M in its opening wee...

Recently the employee handbook of Valve , a software and video game development and distribution company (famous for things like Half-Life ...

Okay, so I didn't quite hit my March update...date. But I'm awful close, so without further ado let's take a look at what rese...

The fallout from earlier reports of employers asking applicants for their Facebook passwords continues. Obviously a nerve was struck. Toda...

The Associated Press put out an article this week about the ongoing trend of employers doing something stupid: asking applicants for their ...

I'd like to hear from you: Has your organization given up on rigorous assessment? Given in to the incessant demands for "faster, c...

Many employers use credit scores as part of their hiring process, despite the lack of evidence regarding their usefulness, the unpopularity...

So this month the big buzz is over a research article in JASP on using Facebook profiles to judge personality and predict job performance ....

Okay, we've got a lot of ground to cover so let's jump right in... - For you stats fans: Estimating ordinal reliability for Likert-t...

Welcome to the last HR Tests research update of 2011! This year has been filled with research developments, building on previous thinking a...

All that time your organization spends on leadership assessment? Throw it out. New research indicates that CEOs with fat faces perform bet...

Lately I've been thinking about hires I've seen that went bad. What seemed like the right selection at the time turned into a huge ...

Okay, I've got a lot of ground to cover this time, so buckle up... Let's start with the December issue of IJSA : - Looks like how mu...

Prepare for a little blasphemy. Over the last few months my job--and focus--has changed dramatically. Historically I've been a "...

It's not that I don't appreciate your desire to be different, but I worry about your chances of getting a job. Why? Because if you ...