What is Personality or Pre-Employment Testing?
Hiring a new employee is one of the biggest challenges organizations face regularly. According to research by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it takes an average of 42 days to fill an open position at the sizable cost of $4,129 per hire. With the average turnover rate around 19 percent, developing strategies that […]
Your New Employee Lied on His Resume: Now What?
There’s no way to hire right without putting in the time, effort, and money. The task often requires coordination (anyone who’s ever arranged a panel interview knows this only too well!), organization, and perseverance. Although many job seekers secure positions through the hidden job market, highly qualified candidates don’t just fall out of the sky. […]
How Employment Assessments Fit Into the Hiring Process
As a hiring manager, you’ve probably seen it all… the no-shows, the ones who walk in late as if they are on time (no explanation, no apology), the ones who can’t answer a single question thoroughly, to the ones who spend a very, very long time answering your first question. I once started an interview […]
Employee Attrition Vs. Employee Turnover: What to Do About Both
Losing employees can be costly for your business and stressful for your HR department, management team, and other team members who have to take on the workload they’ve left behind. There are different reasons why an employee might leave your organization, but those reasons will usually fall under two main categories—employee attrition and employee turnover. […]
Skeptical About Employee Personality Testing? Read This.
As a company leader, you feel confident in your ability to hire and manage talent. After all, you’ve been interviewing candidates and delegating tasks for years, building solid, effective teams. Sure, you’ve had to endure a few inevitable hiccups. Statistically, some employees just don’t work out and some initiatives are bound to fail. So, when […]
Employee Personality Testing: It’s Not as Difficult as You Think
If there were a way to find the types of employees who’ll become excellent leaders, would you do it? If you could quickly recognize the ideal team players who’ll bring the right attitude to your workforce, would you consider using employee personality testing? When you leverage testing results during the hiring process, you have the […]
How Employee Cognitive Assessments Boost Hiring Success
What would happen if you introduced an employee cognitive assessment to your workforce? It might raise a few eyebrows. However, if you do it correctly, your workers might embrace it for pre-employment testing. What an Employee Cognitive Assessment Measures The candidates look great on paper. You’re trying to test their soft skills by hosting an […]
