by Ira Wolfe | Mar 25, 2012 | Employment Testing
Many businesses use resumes and interviews to gauge sales potential, but they’re more likely to find the right person when they give candidates sales aptitude tests. Many managers feel it takes a certain type of person to succeed in sales. Others believe the...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 23, 2012 | Employment Testing
Good leadership takes a combination of strong interpersonal, managerial, organizational, and decision-making skills, among others. You can’t see them just by looking at someone, but effective leadership skill tests make them easier to find. If you’re not...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 22, 2012 | Employment Testing
Ask anyone you know if they have recently experienced bad customer service, and you’ll be regaled with tales of shop clerks too involved in personal conversations to notice a customer needs assistance, or of call-center employees so focused on selling upgrades that...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 19, 2012 | Employment Testing
What is Mental Flexibility? R U ADAPTABLE ENOUGH? Are you asking job candidates to complete and pass office skill tests? If not, you might be shortchanging those candidates – and your company. A business doesn’t make its name on its superior level of...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 5, 2012 | Employment Testing
What I learned recently is that colonoscopies and pre-employment testing have a lot in common. First of all, managers and employees dislike, maybe even detest, the seemingly invasive nature of both evaluations. Second, you can’t fake out the results – what physicians...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 26, 2012 | Employment Testing
If you don’t assess candidates before you hire and evaluate employees before you promote, here are seven tips to follow before selecting a pre-employment test: Articulate what is important to find out: Is it good cultural fit? Work attitude and integrity? Potential...
