by Ira Wolfe | May 28, 2015 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
The wrong restaurant manager can be a colossal disaster with a devastating impact on the bottom line and reputation. Hiring (or developing) the right manager offers little margin for error. The credentials, skills, and abilities bar has been raised for restaurant...
by Ira Wolfe | Apr 1, 2015 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
This is no April Fool’s Day joke! Nearly four times more employees “exceed expectations” in Best-in-Class companies (the top 20%) than Laggard companies (the bottom 30 percent.) And more than 7 times the hiring managers are satisfied with new hires...
by Ira Wolfe | Mar 27, 2015 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
“Personality tests are useless at predicting future job performance,” if you believe self-confessed personality test hater Bob Corlett. Mr Corlett by the way is founding member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the HR Examiner. He feels personality testing is “just...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 18, 2015 | Hiring Process
A few weeks ago I wrote about three questions an executive or owner must ask before hiring his or her next salesperson. While helpful, a few readers wondered if there were any best practices regarding when it’s time to hire their first dedicated sales...
by Ira Wolfe | Feb 11, 2015 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
What are the qualities and abilities top performing salespeople possess? There is one big mistake small business owners make – they assume sales is sales is sales. First of all, we are living in a dynamic, constantly changing, complex world. The top performing...
by Ira Wolfe | Jan 28, 2015 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
SPS president Ira S Wolfe was interviewed for this February 2015 article about personality tests for hiring. He discusses the increasing popularity of employee assessment tests in the...
