The 6-Second Employment Test: Is This Any Way to Hire Employees?
It’s been well documented that hiring managers have just over a 50-50 chance of predicting success on the job based on candidate information learned during the interview. Reference checks from previous...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Math Aptitude Tests Add Up
Whatever your business, there are very few (if any) benchmarks that aren’t measured in numbers. Units sold, revenue generated, profits earned, and a host of other measures must be calculated. As a...
View ArticleLearn How Employers Save 3 Ways With Customer Service Skills Testing
Customer service has long been considered a ‘soft skill’ by the corporate community. Unfortunately for employers, customer service skills are notoriously hard to teach to people without the right...
View ArticleCase Study: The Rise and Fall of a High Potential Manager
It was just 3 or maybe 4 years ago that Randy applied for a manager’s position at your company. He interviewed brilliantly. He demonstrated intelligence, resourcefulness and an ability to innovate. He...
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Whole Person Approach Improves Hiring Decisions, Reduces Turnover
Corporal Radar O’Reilly from the incredibly successful television series M.A.S.H. could hear a chopper coming before anyone else. Radar also knew exactly what Col. Blake wanted even before the colonel...
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Why Good Candidates Fail: Beware the “Dummies Guide to Hiring”
Everyone has an Achilles heel. No one is a perfect match. Circumstances change. Coworkers and team members change. Competitors change. We all reach a point that takes us out of or beyond our comfort...
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From Resume Lies to Employee Theft – Is Honesty on Hiatus?
When a grandmother recently admitted to stealing $280,000 from her employer, she told police she just didn’t have enough money to pay all her credit card bills…and she needed to buy her grandkids some...
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Pre Employment Tests Help Avoid Hiring Remorse
You’ve likely had occasion after purchasing something to have buyer’s remorse. The same thing happens in business. Managers have buyer’s remorse all the time. Fortunately pre employments tests can...
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What to Do When A Job Applicant Lies on a Pre Employment Test
How do you handle the candidate who lies on his pre employment test? How do you treat an applicant who does not complete the application properly, perhaps leaving out some information because they...
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Good Customer Skills Soothe Customer Rage
Hiring people with good customer service skills may be more important than companies assume. Ensuring customer questions and problems don’t evolve into customer rage can be prevented with a few simple...
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Good Employee Selection Takes More Than Hiring A Warm Body
Nearly 15 years ago, I created CriteriaOne® – The Whole Person Approach to Employee Selection. It received a trademark shortly thereafter. The concept behind CriteriaOne® was that it took more than one...
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Don’t You Just Hate Pre Employment Tests?
For many job seekers, pre employment tests seem to be just one more hurdle to jump on the road to getting hired. It seems that many candidates feel the “test” is the only thing stopping them from...
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Pre Employment Tests – Employers Love’m, Candidates Hate’m
For many job seekers, pre employment tests seem to be just one more hurdle to jump on the road to getting hired. It seems that many candidates feel the “test” is the only thing stopping them from...
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Culture fit? There’s an App for that!
Culture fit is very often the determining factor on whether an employee stays at a job long-term. With one out of two workers quitting before 18 months, managers could use some help. Despite years of...
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The High Cost of Low Employee Integrity | Workplace Ethics
Theft, lying, chronic absenteeism, drug use, workplace disruptions — these are just a few consequences of hiring unethical employees. Employees who behave badly take a significant toll on today’s...
View ArticleSuccess Performance Solutions Partners Opens Assessment Center with Georgia...
Success Performance Solutions has announced a new relationship with Georgia Employers’ Association (GEA). As part of the agreement, Success Performance Solutions (SPS) established an employee...
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Are Workplace Personality Tests Fair?
Despite decades of research, validation, and business case studies, the mere mention of using personality tests in the workplace seems to spark controversy. Lawyers, government agencies, social...
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Past Performance Is Out, What is a Credible Hiring Test?
For decades and maybe even centuries, past performance has been a reasonably good predictor of future performance. It still is if … the job is repetitive and routine. Unfortunately that limits its...
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