by Ira Wolfe | Jun 13, 2011 | Hiring Process
Employee turnover rates among C-store workers will be slightly higher this year compared to a year ago according to the just released Convenience Store News 2011 HR & Labor Study. Turnover is nothing new to convenience store retailers. Historically high employee...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 30, 2010 | Employment Testing
What motivates salespeople? If you listen to sales managers, money motivates. In fact, many sales managers will reject a candidate outright if he suspects the applicant isn’t motivated by money. You can’t blame them. If earning more money through closing more sales...
by Ira Wolfe | Aug 13, 2010 | Employment Testing
Hiring managers, seeking the special ingredients in what makes a top-performing employee tick, are turning to preemployment tests more and more. But like a promising recipes, the proof is in the pudding. Many employees don’t work out even if they “pass” a...
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 1, 2008 | Employment Testing
What if innovation could be predicted by identifying personality traits before you hire you next employee? Thomas Edison, possibly America’s Greatest Inventor, was once described as having “an inexhaustible resource and fertility of ideas when it came to practical...
by Ira Wolfe | Nov 1, 2006 | Employment Testing
Employee testing is a growing phenomenon. Some companies use testing as a way to select candidates in; others use it screen candidates out. Others use it for training, development or succession planning. For a whole host of reasons, pre-employment has become the...
