Data Driven Coaching
For the last decade, I’ve been so focused on my passion for pre-hire assessment strategy that I haven’t done as much to deliberately promote all the post-hire ways assessments can…
The State of “Skills-First” Hiring
Of the MANY themes that were addressed at #SIOP23 (the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Conference), I was particularly keen to learn more about the “Skills First” trend that has become ubiquitous in…
Parallels between my life as an assessment expert and a craft beer connoisseur
If you’ve spent any time with me at all, you know I am obsessed with Craft Beer. My vacations are beer-centric, I authored a craft beer column for several years,…
SHORT-STAFFED SHOULD NOT EQUAL SHORT-SIGHTED
Q: Can we afford to screen out candidates when we are so desperate for employees? A: Yes. You can. And you must. SHORT-STAFFED SHOULD NOT EQUAL SHORT-SIGHTED. Existing…
Are your education and experience requirements doing more harm than good?
Part One: Education Perhaps the two most common criteria companies use to sort candidates into “qualified” or “not qualified” stacks are education and experience. But it is time to…
Are we ready to measure what matters?
For the last 10 years, I’ve been on a crusade; A campaign to shed light on the relative effectiveness of common selection practices. While I’ve been out there pontificating about…
5 Questions Hiring Managers Should be Asking About Modern Personality Tests
by TalentCulture Team | December 5, 2018 Charles Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger has said one of his methods for finding the right job candidate is to arrive early for a…
The Death of Guess: Using Data to Make Better Hiring Decisions
As featured on HotelExecutive.com: http://hotelexecutive.com/business_review/5103/using-data-to-make-better-hiring-decisionsAs new properties explode on the scene and traveler choices abound, hotels know they have to pull out all the stops to make every guest experience…
Putting Talent to the Test: Getting the Greatest Value from Assessments, Both Pre- and Post-Hire
As featured in April's TD Magazine: https://www.td.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2016/04/Putting-Talent-to-the-TestBoth Human Resources (HR) and Learning and Development (L&D) functions are tasked with the same goal: maximizing employee performance. Responsibility for the components of…
Hiring under the Microscope: Improving the Science of Selection
As featured in Kentucky SHRM Magazine, Spring/Summer 2015Over the last two decades, the chatter in HR circles has concerned “becoming more strategic” and “getting a seat at the table.” However,…