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Hiring by Employee Referral

Reid Klion — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:48:45 +0000

A colleague recently brought a study to my attention that looks at the potential benefits of hiring through referral. By way of background, nearly 70% of US corporations have employee referral programs, and nearly half of all workers have made a referral at some time in their careers so the [...]

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Do Professionals Benefit from Continuing Education on Ethics?

Reid Klion — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:39:48 +0000

Any number of professions ranging from physicians to insurance agents to HR practitioners require the completion of a set number of hours of continuing education (CE) in order to renew their licenses or certification. While there are a variety of reasons why it may worthwhile for professionals to make sure [...]

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Student Loans: Paid Off by Your Degree or Your Wallet?

Erin Crask — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:25:45 +0000

For some time now, the payoff (both the ROI and the burden of paying back student loans) of higher education has been receiving attention in the news. While there is no question that people who have college degrees have more earning potential and lower unemployment than those who do not, [...]

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Play a Game, Get a Job

Reid Klion — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:52:48 +0000

A concept that has received a fair degree of buzz over the past few years is “gamification”—using games for non-recreational purposes such as training, marketing, and customer engagement. Another area where there has been interest in harnessing this concept is in employee selection. A few examples were mentioned in passing [...]

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Military Flag Officers and Multirater Feedback

Reid Klion — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:58:03 +0000

In response to a number of recent scandals involving high-ranking military officers, the evaluations of admirals and generals will now be partially based upon the ratings of their reports on behaviors including character, similar to a multirater feedback process. This is apparently a change from military evaluations and promotions being [...]

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Heavy Texting and “Shallowness”

Reid Klion — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:52:25 +0000

A recent study from the University of Winnipeg found a number of interesting relationships between texting and personality characteristics. (I tried in vain to find a copy of the original paper which was given at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meeting last year so need to apologize for [...]

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The Unemployed Going Missing

Reid Klion — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:56:00 +0000

A statistic that is closely followed is the unemployment rate which stood at 7.7% nationally at the end of February 2013. However, a number that receives less attention but is also of significance is the size of the US labor force (comprised of those currently employed plus those who are [...]

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pan Notice of Scheduled Maintenance

Sara Camden — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:36:28 +0000

pan will be upgrading its servers and moving data centers on Sunday, April 28th starting at 12:01am Eastern Daylight Saving Time (US). This maintenance will take approximately 12 hours, during which no access to the system will be possible, including testing, scheduling or accessing test results. If your organization does [...]

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Matching Candidates to Job Requirements: Critical for CEOs as Well

Reid Klion — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:12:39 +0000

It is a fairly well-understood principle that whenever we seek to hire a new employee, we first need to understand the requirements of the position we are hoping to fill. Simply stated, unless we understand what abilities and competencies are required to be successful in the position, it will be [...]

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School Cheating Scandal Leads to $7.5 Million Bail Request

Reid Klion — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:51:35 +0000

Since the advent of No Child Left Behind legislation and its successors, student performance on standardized tests has taken on increasing importance in public schools. Especially in systems with large numbers of struggling students, a primary focus of instructional efforts is on increasing test scores. Unfortunately, this had led to [...]

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