How Safe Are Personality Tests?

October 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How Safe Are Workplace Personality Tests

Many people still believe personality tests are illegal and that their use exposes an employer to more risk. But a new research paper titled Legal Risk in Selection: An analysis of processes and tools presented at the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology conference dispels many of the lingering myths associated with using personality and other employee tests. The research findings reviewed EEOC and OFCCP cases settled both in and out of court between 1998 and 2010. Two key areas were covered: (1) type of selection test and (2) the hiring process. Based on the findings, personality and other psychometric tests do carry some risk. But in nearly every case, the challenge did not involve the validity or reliability of the test … [Read more...]

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New Research: Pre Employment Tests Drive Business Results in 4 Key Areas

August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

If your company is like most businesses, your operations, marketing, and sales efforts could be improved. That is where personality and other pre-employment testing come in. Improvement and high performance requires employees who can increase revenues, reduce costs, improve efficiency, and lead effectively. The process for achieving these goals begins with hiring and promoting the right people. This is accomplished only when your employees have the skills your company needs, the ability to use them, and traits to perform consistently at a high level. A recent white paper highlights this direct linkage between hiring the right  people and four critical outcomes: revenues, costs, efficiency, and leadership. According to the report … [Read more...]

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What You Don’t Know About Hiring Costs Can Hurt You!

August 5, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Cost of Employee Turnover

For many companies, more thought and time goes into replacing a computer printer than hiring "their most important asset". Doesn't it seem odd that a company that regards "people as its most important asset," doesn't accurately measure the cost of acquiring that asset. That is exactly what happened when The Human Capital Metrics Consortium attempted to collect data for its annual survey. Chances are the same management teams that know the company's actual and projected revenue streams to the penny are 50 percent less likely to know the cost of hiring employees and terminating employment. The survey just released last month, published by Staffing.org, estimates the cost of hiring one employee at $4,263 in 2003. The cost of hiring an … [Read more...]

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