Businesses of all kinds are coming to the realization that employing a diverse workforce can be more complex than initially realized. Nevertheless, prioritizing diversity in the workplace is an excellent goal for a variety of reasons. This makes it essential for all employers to strategically identify, deploy, and support their diversity Continue Reading...
Assessing the Un-assessable: How to Evaluate Applicant Aptitudes on Difficult to Measure Characteristics
A key challenge faced by every hiring manager is how to determine, based on limited information, whether any given applicant would be a good addition to their team. In making this determination, two key pieces of information are required. First is the answer to the question, “Does this applicant possess the knowledge, skills and Continue Reading...
Why Ethical, Challenge-Proof Hiring Is Hard — and How to Achieve It
Nearly every business, regardless of size, industry, or geography, must overcome the same universal challenges. First, they must be able to work efficiently, minimizing waste and needless overhead that eat into profits. They also need to maximize productivity, implementing processes, tools, and equipment that allow them to get the most out of Continue Reading...
3 Things to Know About the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
You want to make offers to the strongest possible candidates every time you have a job opening. Yet how can you make sure your recruitment processes are legally defensible? One way is by adhering to the Federal Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, particularly when it comes to your pre-employment assessments. Unlike many Continue Reading...
How a Job Analysis Can Ensure Test Validity in Your Hiring Process
Two of the top terms you can expect to hear when discussing pre-employment assessments are “accuracy” and “validity.” However, it’s important not to confuse them or use them interchangeably. That’s why it’s essential to have a working knowledge of what they mean and how they work together if you want them to be a truly valuable (and compliant) part Continue Reading...
