HR Tests - Recruitment, assessment, and personnel selection

There's a lot out there. Here's one to sta...

2019-09-10T18:28:00.255-07:00

There's a lot out there. Here's one to start with: https://www.cpshr.us/services/resources/org-strat/employee-eng/2017July_MeasuringEngagement.pdf

Hi, I just found your blog and I´m wondering if yo...

2019-09-10T04:39:39.501-07:00

Hi,
I just found your blog and I´m wondering if you have any research regarding measuring Employee Engagement that you would like to share.

In addition to this, there is latest update in sel...

2017-12-27T23:07:08.878-08:00

In addition to this, there is latest update in selection & online assessment.
International Journal of Selection and Assessment the latest issue of September 2017 lists very basic yet significant updates. Here are few updates:
1. Validity of the personality tests as per South African studies
2. Rater training about training content and feedback.
3. Impact of the spelling errors on recruiters' choice during the selection process.
4. Effects of response distortion on mean scores and validity of personality measures.

Well, Written. I would like to say that HR team is...

2016-11-24T03:13:04.067-08:00

Well, Written. I would like to say that HR team is the one who should think from the employer’s and employee point of view. They have the capacity to develop better leaders and high-performance leadership and executive teams.

Good Article to share!

2016-08-28T19:03:36.687-07:00

Good Article to share!

Great advice for increasing robustness in the inte...

2016-06-21T07:58:01.406-07:00

Great advice for increasing robustness in the interviewing process.

Interesting and Useful..

2016-06-08T04:34:31.557-07:00

Interesting and Useful..

Hi Bryan, thanks for taking the time to respond - ...

2015-11-10T04:13:19.618-08:00

Hi Bryan, thanks for taking the time to respond - I look forward to reading more of your insights on your blog in future. Regards, Ben

Saying someone is overqualified is usually a way o...

2015-10-22T11:26:01.604-07:00

Saying someone is overqualified is usually a way of going about age discrimination.

Agree. Onboarding may be an instance where autom...

2015-10-21T08:31:50.279-07:00

Agree. Onboarding may be an instance where automation does a better job than the average supervisor.

Yes, hiring/recruiting and leadership are both ver...

2015-10-21T08:14:13.694-07:00

Yes, hiring/recruiting and leadership are both very important, might I add Onboarding to this list; often overlooked, particularly when hiring leaders higher up in an organisation I imagine. Agree that public sector at least as important, if not more so than private; depends where you are coming from I guess.

I am not but that's a good question. I believe...

2015-08-24T16:18:26.885-07:00

I am not but that's a good question. I believe they are collecting data right now, or will be soon, to answer that question.

2015-08-24T16:17:11.316-07:00

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To add on your last bullet on organizational readi...

2015-08-24T15:03:22.282-07:00

To add on your last bullet on organizational readiness, the President issued a memorandum in 2010 to improve the hiring process. Perhaps support from the top helped.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-memorandum-improving-federal-recruitment-and-hiring-process

The UIT project is a laudable. Are you aware of any studies/reviews that have examined overall progress on federal recruitment/hiring practices?

I am not sure this is the right approach. I believ...

2015-03-24T03:05:33.757-07:00

I am not sure this is the right approach. I believe a case could be made for the opposite too. Instead of taking absolute positions, maybe we should involve both of them.

Very insightful post here! I do definitely agree t...

2015-03-20T13:11:03.562-07:00

Very insightful post here! I do definitely agree that HR should be in charge of hiring, with supervisors providing assistance rather than "driving" it.

Yes. Body language is everything.

2015-03-06T04:23:01.859-08:00

Yes. Body language is everything.

The accountability is low in PSUs and hence the ne...

2015-01-12T06:38:34.442-08:00

The accountability is low in PSUs and hence the need of more driven and focused leaders is an excellent point!

I think in PS, it is all top-bottom. I know of sev...

2015-01-09T05:02:18.894-08:00

I think in PS, it is all top-bottom. I know of several PSUs in India which hired seasoned veterans from the private sector for CXO roles and the organizations saw a turnaround within a year. Slackness always, always, starts from the top.

Excellent points! Yes, this is just based on my e...

2014-12-10T12:07:46.869-08:00

Excellent points! Yes, this is just based on my experience (results may vary) although I will admit to being purposefully a little hyperbolic. And yes, more focus on leadership development, fewer meetings that really could have been done via email.

Well stated... umm, rant with many truths. I did...

2014-12-10T11:04:05.229-08:00

Well stated... umm, rant with many truths.

I did a double take on the statement that that in the PS, they "don't have to produce annual reports that detail their successes and failures." I strongly disagree - these are very common in the PS organizations I've been exposed to. Whether they are well written or result in anything is another question.

I also question the statement that the PS is less transparent. There are some very opaque organizations in the private sector. I've seen PS organizations take great measures to be open with the public. It seems there are more levers for PS openness than exist in private sector.

Third issue - "Eliminate "information sharing" meetings and replace them with discussions on how to be better leaders." So PS "leaders" should just discuss leadership and never get to the business issues at hand? Information sharing is sort of a necessary component of continuous improvement, organizational communications, strategizing, planning, etc. If you meant having well-managed meetings that include leadership building activities rather than time wasting, pointless meetings, I'd agree w/ you.

Excellent!! Please keep us updated on how things ...

2014-12-03T19:48:13.566-08:00

Excellent!! Please keep us updated on how things progress! Very exciting.

Finally we got the SSHRC grant! From the worst to ...

2014-12-02T10:27:22.183-08:00

Finally we got the SSHRC grant! From the worst to the highest rated SSHRC grant in one year (with absolute no change in the grant). Working with Colin Lee, a post doc, to make it happen. We are making really good progress. Have a working methodology and finishing a simulation at a national level. About one year away now and nothing can really stop us.

Yes i think job ads can be relic if you present it...

2014-11-16T21:31:41.725-08:00

Yes i think job ads can be relic if you present it in the right way, but if you do not than it can harm your position in your industry.

It's so important to do quality evaluation of ...

2014-09-11T12:53:50.175-07:00

It's so important to do quality evaluation of performance of employees. You need to do it in a way that violates the trust of the employees in you, but that also makes sure that they are being as efficient as they can be. You've given some good examples here of how to do that.

Gerald Vonberger | http://www.gilbertems.com