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Author Archives: Richard Lanyon
Guidelines for Utilizing a Skills Assessment
When an organization is ready to take steps for utilizing a skills assessment, implementers will want to address several considerations. The job analysis: The job analysis determines what particular skills are needed. This involves studying the particular job in detail, … Continue reading
Posted in HR Basics, Recruitment
Tagged construct a test, employment decisions, job analysis, personality assessment
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Want to Avoid Bad Hiring Surprises?
Combine Skills and Personality Assessments After shopping the produce section of your grocery store, you want to arrive home with ‘no-bad-surprises’ fruits and vegetables. Shoppers usually ignore or toss aside any obviously bruised or unhealthy looking consumable items; for example, … Continue reading
Posted in HR Basics, Recruitment
Tagged hiring mistakes, hiring process, selection, skills assessments
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Ask More Questions after Reviewing an Applicant’s Self-report Inventory
If your business uses or plans to use a self-report inventory during the recruiting process, you also need a savvy evaluator trained in recognizing those applicants who tend to exaggerate. As I explained in a previous blog, “Improve Your Hiring … Continue reading
Posted in HR Basics, Recruitment
Tagged behavioral interviews, effective interviews, interview process, job analysis
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Use Self-Report Inventory Results Cautiously to Weed out Applicants
Personality tests can help prevent hiring disasters, but be careful that you don’t toss out the good ones by mistake. In the world of recruiting, employers need to assess applicants’ skills, abilities and personality traits. One way to assist organizations … Continue reading
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Tailor Your Interviews to Attract and Engage Top-Tier Talent
How managers and supervisors can avoid becoming blundering interviewers. When your managers or supervisors interview job applicants, are they prepared? Have they been properly trained in effective interviewing techniques? More importantly, are you losing out on attracting top-tier talent due … Continue reading
Posted in HR Basics, Recruitment
Tagged human capital, initial instincts, successful interview, targeted interviews
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