by Ira Wolfe | Jun 12, 2012 | Employment Testing
10 Reasons Hiring Managers Fear Pre-Employment Tests UPDATED August 6, 2019Despite strong evidence and research to the contrary, many HR professionals and hiring managers still resist using pre-employment tests during the hiring process. Based on over nearly 25 years...
by Ira Wolfe | May 23, 2012 | Employment Testing
Wouldn’t it be nice to give a single test to job candidates that could instantly gauge the lack of reliability, honesty, aptitude, and social skills? What would it look like? What questions would it ask? These are just a few of the questions I am commonly...
by Ira Wolfe | May 9, 2012 | Employment Testing
I have heard that pre-employment personality testing is not legal. Is that true? That is clearly not true. In fact, proper use of good assessments can provide the most effective documentation of objective and nondiscriminatory hiring practices. Most legal issues occur...
by Ira Wolfe | May 6, 2012 | Employment Testing
Comparing employees to square pegs and round holes seems to be a bit cold-hearted. But the message behind that image is the key to hiring the right person. People aren’t pegs, of course, but some people simply fit into a job slot better than others, because of their...
by Ira Wolfe | Apr 30, 2012 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
Last week a client asked me to be an observer in a series of job interviews. These interviews were for new positions on a new service line. The margin of error for hiring mistakes was zero to none. In other words, one wrong hire and the whole project could go up in...
