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A Personality Test for Retirement Success?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Ira S Wolfe

Can your personality affect how you prepare for retirement? Personality traits are often linked to job performance and used in identifying candidates who are the best fit for a job. But a recent research papers seems to have correlated specific personality traits to retirement success. According to … More »

Case Study: How Assessments Can Predict the Rise and Fall of a High-Potential Superstar

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Ira S Wolfe

Bob Smith (name changed) had been the darling of senior management and board of directors (BOD). Bob is the CFO of an up and coming professional services firm. The firm has done exceptionally well and he had in part been credited for its success to date. The firm is primed … More »

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Is It Possible to Accurately Test Candidates for Accuracy?

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Ira S Wolfe

Do a quick search through job classified ads and it is very likely that accuracy (often veiled as “detail orientation”) will show up as a required skill or trait in at least half of the jobs. The subsequent question then becomes: how can hiring managers accurately assess if the candidate … More »

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4 Criticial Dimensions of Job Fit

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Ira S Wolfe

How do you hire a top performer? Just click a few keys and hundreds if not thousands of tips, techniques, and theories pop up in a quick search of the Internet. But when all is said and done, you can boil the most effective systems down to one of two … More »

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PeopleClues Helps Mike’s Carwash Enhance Its Candidate Screening

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Ira S Wolfe

PeopleClues, an industry leader in workplace assessments, today announced the release of its latest case study, “Mike’s Carwash Cleans Up Recruiting and Candidate Screening Processes with Help from PeopleClues Pre-employment Selection Assessments.” The study focuses on how Mike’s Carwash, one of the first established carwashes in the U.S., worked … More »

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Avoid These 9 Toxic Supervisor Behaviors

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Ira S Wolfe

Whether it’s the interview or personality test, hiring managers tend to focus on the positive traits and characteristics of job applicants when hiring or promoting employees. While strengths are essential for success, it is also important to recognize potential weaknesses and challenges. For example, an aspiring supervisor or manager … More »

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Hiring Right Takes More Than Just Good Job Fit

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Ira S Wolfe

The problem of hiring right the first time has not yet been solved. Most companies still use a hiring process based on high-volume attraction and a quasi-scientific process for weeding out the weak, with the hope that a few good people remain at the end. Reliance on the interview, education, … More »

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4 Criteria to Use Pre-Employment Testing Responsibly

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Ira S Wolfe

Psychometric measurement is the basis for the safe and predictive use of pre-employment testing. Any tool associated with the job fit appraisal of an individual is considered an assessment by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. These include not only pre-employment tests but interviews, resumes, … More »

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Employee Interview Fails the Pre-Employment Test

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Ira S Wolfe

For some reason, many managers and human resources professionals feel employee interview screening is safe and personality tests are risky. Little do they know that the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) and other laws protecting employees require that the interview … More »

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5 Personality Factors For Pre-Employment Test Success

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Ira S Wolfe

The “Big Five” factors of personality are five personality dimensions used to assess job applicants before hiring and employees before promotion. The theory based on the Big Five factors is called the Five Factor Model (FFM). This model first emerged in the 119os as a way for employers to understand … More »

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