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- Zappos Tells New Employees: Please Go Away
- Zappos Tells New Employees: Please Go AwayCaution on treating testing as the answerWhile testing is a highly valid way of predicting performance on the job, there are two things of concern in this post. First, there is no such thing as a behavioural "trait". A trait is an enduring hereditary...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
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- Employee Reviews: How to Keep Up a Top Talent Pool
- Employee Reviews: How to Keep Up a Top Talent PoolDo a job-fit assessment not a performance assesmentWheres the most important component-job fit? Was a traits assessment ever done on top performers as a benchmark to define the traits that work in your given job? If a person is not really...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- Emotional Intelligence Appraisal - Technical Manual
- Assessment typically focuses on specific traits, or highly related clusters of traits, in the hope that participants can increase their understanding in areas of weakness and strength. This knowledge is intended to drive improved job performance through the development of new behaviors. This document reviews the purpose and design of...
- White papers 2005-04-11
- Can a Test Reveal Sales Talent?
- Can a Test Reveal Sales Talent?Sales TestsThe post is amazing because it colors the good and bad of testing. I will be upfront - assessments are my business, so I'm a bit biased toward their use. (Caliper is a competitor of ours but agree with everything Mr. Sweeney said.)...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Brand Resilience
- Resilience is one of the most important traits a successful human can have. It can also work for business brands, argue Booz Allen Hamilton consultants Nikhil Bahadur and John Jullens in strategy+business more or less a Booz house organ. In New Life for Tired Brands, they start with a mini-study...
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Identifying, Managing, and Nurturing Top Talent
- Talent is an indicator of one's capacity to learn, grow, and develop new skills for future use. It also suggests how quickly a person or organization can adapt to new challenges. In this article, "talent" is defined as a dormant or untapped quality that lies either in an individual employee...
- Articles 2007-06-27
- Job Search Tips
- There are a lot of career assessment tests available online. Find the time to take one. The test gives you a lot of insights about your core competencies and work preferences. It's actually quite difficult to see yourself as others do. It would be to your advantage to ask friends...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- A testing time.
- Feb 1, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Psychometric testing has become a popular means of assessing potential employees' suitability for jobs. Increasingly, Australian companies are sending their middle and senior management to purpose-built assessment centres where they are subjected ...
- Research articles 2002-01-31
- Conducting a Public Relations Campaign
- Conducting a corporate public relations campaign can raise awareness of your company and build consumer confidence. It may be especially important when changes occur or you enter new markets. Public relations can also help improve your company's reputation.Your corporate reputation is how you are perceived by customers, suppliers, and others....
- Articles 2007-05-01
- Hiring and Inspiring a Dispersed Team
- Certain managerial traits become more important when work gets done out of your sight. Here's how to get off on the right foot, whether you're inheriting the talent or starting from scratch. ...
- Articles 2007-09-24
- Beyond 360 . . . Adding Suitability To The Mix
- The case study says that 360 degree feedback (360) is a method of collecting, summarizing and reporting confidential information on a variety of job-related factors from an individual's immediate work contacts. A variety of excellent assessment tools are available today that profiles an individual's natural tendencies, talents and strengths. ...
- White papers 2001-07-27
- Supper Sellers : They Have What it Takes: Energy, Confidence and the Drive to Succeed
- People have always been fascinated by excellence. No doubt the ancestors admired and puzzled over those who were able to run fastest, throw farthest and shoot most accurately. In the business world, sales superstars attract similar attention. Some companies pay their top salespeople more than they do their presidents. How...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- An Interview And Selection Process That's Legal And It Works!
- Article suggested selection system that will work for almost any position in any business, large or small. It's economical and it's efficient. This system will increase the effectiveness of any recruiting processes by a minimum 225%. The process is known as "Initial Quick Screening". This can be done by reviewing...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Measuring the Competence of Healthcare Providers
- This paper provides a framework for understanding the key factors that affect provider competence. Different methods for measuring competence are discussed, as are criteria for selecting measurement methods. Also, evidence from various research studies on measuring the effectiveness of different assessment techniques is presented. Although competence is a precursor to...
- White papers 2001-08-08
- 10 Overrated Business Books (and What to Read Instead)
- 10 Overrated Business Books and What to Read InsteadFinally, someone gets it right.I have read a couple of Tom Peter's books (first one was bad, shame on me for biting on the second one). Peters is completely full of crap. He only manages to point out what's wrong with everyone...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- The Hidden Costs of Layoffs
- The Hidden Costs of LayoffsKnowledge LossWhen a company decides to save a few bucks by dumping employees,the knowledge and experience lost is staggering.Sure they save some money but the wisdom of the ages is gone forever.If only the V-P's would listen to the skills and talent of long term employees,...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Job Search - 9 Keys For Getting A Better Job
- Identify what really interest and excites you. Understand that these traits define you and use it to explore career choices and opportunities. There are a lot of career assessment tests available online. Find the time to take one. The test gives you a lot of insights about your core competencies...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- Let's Take A Look At Some Job Search Tips
- Identify what really interest and excites you. Understand that these traits define you and use it to explore career choices and opportunities. There are a lot of career assessment tests available online. Find the time to take one. The test gives you a lot of insights about your core competencies...
- White papers 2008-08-22
- Resource Guide: 11 Qualities of Successful IT Managers
- To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career into the executive sphere, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact. From needs assessment to team building, read this TechRepublic guide for a description of the skills you need to be at the...
- White papers 2008-08-20
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