The use of standardized testing in schools has generated a significant degree of controversy to include major cheating scandals, widespread technology failures, and the impression by both the public and educators that too much emphasis is being placed upon the results. While all of these are reasonable […]
Hiring by Employee Referral
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 […]
Do Professionals Benefit from Continuing Education on Ethics?
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 […]
Student Loans: Paid Off by Your Degree or Your Wallet?
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 […]
Play a Game, Get a Job
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 […]
Military Flag Officers and Multirater Feedback
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 […]
Heavy Texting and “Shallowness”
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 […]
The Unemployed Going Missing
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 […]
pan Notice of Scheduled Maintenance
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 […]
Matching Candidates to Job Requirements: Critical for CEOs as Well
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 […]
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