The continued groundswell of interest in the use of assessment tools brings with it many positive things. First of all, it is really great to see that an increasing number of companies are beginning to experience firsthand the value that a well-planned and properly implemented assessment strategy can provide. What has me even more excited... [full article »]

As assessment tools continue to become a more central part of the modern hiring process, the interpretation and use of their results are becoming an important issue to those who are making hiring decisions. The overall issue is that people making hiring decisions have difficulty clearly understanding how they should make use of assessment results... [full article »]

Anyone who follows hiring trends knows that personality measures are gaining popularity as a tool for helping organizations make better hiring decisions. The good news is that decades of research has shown that the use of these tools can have a variety of positive outcomes including reduction in turnover, increased productivity, and better fit between... [full article »]

Managerial positions are extremely important to organizational performance. These roles are critical because they serve to ensure that organizations execute their strategic objectives. The importance of these positions to the organization places a premium on the use of effective hiring processes. This article provides an overview of the basic elements associated with the managerial hiring... [full article »]

There is no denying that personality tests are continuing to permeate our daily lives. There’s also no doubt that many readers who follow ERE regularly have had a chance to hear myself and other regular ERE authors discuss the ins and outs of the use of personality testing for employee recruitment, selection, and development. There... [full article »]

In my humble opinion 2004, has been a great year for the online hiring industry. I believe this is due to the development of the following trends: The ATS industry has finally started to get it! The jig is up for companies that have promised to increase quality of hire but fail to offer infrastructure... [full article »]

Note: Dr. Wendell Williams was incorrectly listed as the author of this article in an earlier email edition. The correct author is Dr. Charles Handler, as it appears here. [In my last article, I told you about our third annual Rocket-Hire/ERE screening and assessment survey. We still want to know whether your business currently using... [full article »]

Anyone who follows online screening and assessment knows that there just isn’t much information available about general trends related to its use. This can be a bit frustrating because, while everyone seems to be saying that screening is becoming a “hot” area, there is little actual data available to confirm this statement or to tell... [full article »]

My efforts to stay on top of the online screening and assessment marketplace have proven to be an interesting. This is a very challenging market ó one that is not easy to sum up in a few simple words. The factors that are currently keeping the picture a bit on the cloudy side include: Broad... [full article »]

I’ve been following the assessment market for the past 10 years and I am happy to say that it seems like people are finally starting to realize the value that assessment tools can add to their hiring processes. After five years of standing on my soapbox, I am finally starting to feel like I am... [full article »]

A few months ago I wrote an article discussing the long awaited definition of a “job applicant” put forth by the government agencies charged with the thankless task of helping to create THE legal standard for all of us in the hiring profession to follow. This article generated a lot of good discussion and since... [full article »]

Although it is happening a bit more slowly than many of us would have liked, the worlds of applicant tracking and assessment are slowly beginning to overlap. This is a good thing, because these two components of the modern staffing system actually complement one another very well. For instance, applicant tracking systems add value because... [full article »]

You don’t have to have been hanging around the world of hiring too long to have been exposed to discussions about how well an individual “fits” in with an organization. If you think about it, the idea of ensuring a good fit between a candidate and a job or organization is pretty much the main... [full article »]

After a long wait, a U.S. government commission comprised of representatives from the EEOC, the DOL, the DOJ, and the OPM has finally released its guidelines on employee selection procedures as they relate to the Internet.” The purpose of this document is to clarify how the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (the standard for... [full article »]

Towards the end of 2003, I invited ERE readers to participate in my second annual Online Screening and Assessment User Survey. The goal of this year’s survey was to pick up where last year’s survey left off by continuing to identify important trends in the usage of online screening and assessment tools and by providing... [full article »]

Towards the end of 2003, I invited ERE readers to participate in my second annual “20 Questions About Online Screening and Assessment” survey. The goal of this year’s survey was to pick up where last year’s survey left off by continuing to identify important trends in the usage of online screening and assessment tools and... [full article »]

Over the past several years, I have written extensively about a wide variety of issues related to online screening and assessment. Most of the material I have written has focused on the deployment of online screening and assessment tools or on specific issues related to the online screening and assessment marketplace. I write about these... [full article »]

Although there are a wide variety of different staffing models out there, all of them include the external environment as a core component. This make sense, because events that occur in the external environment (those over which we have no control) often end up having the most profound impact on the entire staffing process. Our... [full article »]

I often receive useful feedback and opinions about my articles for ERE and I try my best to address and learn from this feedback whenever possible. This article is in response to feedback I received on an article my associate Dr. Steve Hunt and I wrote for ERE last month. The topic of this article... [full article »]

Two of the most common questions I am asked about online screening tools are: “Who is going to emerge as the financial leader in the online screening and assessment market and what will they do in order to generate their revenue?” and… “What is the size (in dollars) of the online screening and assessment industry?”... [full article »]