by Ira Wolfe | Sep 24, 2014 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
Why do so many high-profile, high potential candidates and employees “drop the ball” when it is their time to shine? Hiring managers can learn a lot from the NFL. Many managers find it a mystery why so many high potential candidates and employees fail. It...
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 10, 2014 | Employee Motivation, Hiring Process
Self-motivation in the workplace is one of the employee traits sought by most managers. Just take a quick review of help wanted ads and job descriptions and large majority include some mention of it. It’s also one of the most challenging qualities to define and...
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 3, 2014 | Hiring Process, Recruiting Process, Recruitment
How important is company culture when it comes to hiring success? Part of the answer comes from a study published in the Harvard Business Journal. The authors investigated why so many top performers that move from company to company often perform more like comets than...
by Ira Wolfe | Aug 27, 2014 | Employee Performance Management, Hiring Process
If you believe that past performance is a good predictor of future success, think again. Recent research has all but debunked the popular hiring model suggesting that success in the past can be replicated in the future based on innate talent (personality tests,...
by Ira Wolfe | Jun 25, 2014 | Employee Motivation, Employment Testing, Hiring Process
Frustrated with hiring employees who only seem to be motivated when you kick them in the butt? You are not alone! Last night, I overheard a waiter sharing with guests at the next table that he really wanted to be an architect but he wasn’t very good with math....
by Ira Wolfe | Apr 15, 2014 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
Nearly 15 years ago, I created CriteriaOne® – The Whole Person Approach to Employee Selection. It received a trademark shortly thereafter. The concept behind CriteriaOne® was that it took more than one assessment to evaluate the job fit and potential for a...
