Smart Hiring 15 Trait Test is a multi-dimensional personality assessment tool and can be administered and scored online, bringing in a huge number of advantages. It has been shaped to the structures of traits that basic research in Psychology has... »
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Association of Test Publishers annual conference February 22-25
The Association of Test Publishers (ATP)'s, a non-profit organization representing providers of tests and assessment tools, has its annual conference on February 22-25 in Palm Springs, CA and if you have even a passing interest in personnel assessment, you owe it to yourself to check it out. There's a lot more happening there as they have tracks for education, clinical,... »
Movies for Hiring and Retaining the best
More and More companies are using movies for training, retaining and hiring. While Smart Hiring recently made a Induction training movie for Hilton in India we are also in dialog with companies that are toying with ideas of sending movies to prospective employees to ensure that they do not hire a misfit. US Based Lindblad Expeditions, a 500-employee adventure cruise company, sends job... »
Brand New Smart Hiring Page on FaceBook
Yes we did it! We created a brand new Smart Hiring FaceBook page.So if you’re a FaceBook addict too, like all of us here at Smart Hiring, please join us and become fan. or click here to reach us on Facebook:... »
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
As an hiring manager lot of time you are faced with a dilemma that of selecting a lovable fool or the competent jerk? Here is a great Harvard Business Review excerpt that suggests that the decision is complicated. By HBS professor Tiziana Casciaro and Duke University’s Miguel Sousa Lobo. Click at the below link to read the article. Fool vs. Jerk: Whom... »
Added Advantages of Smart Hiring Online Tests
While you must have read the Advantages Of Psychometric Testing on the Smart Hiring blog some of the added advantages of using the Smart Hiring Online process especially in India and Asia are The candidate would be e-mail enabled. Lots of times dealing with candidates you come across some of them who do not even have an email... »
Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson
Now that running of HRD Books has come under the Smart Hiring Umbrella a lot of books have arrived at our office from the HRD Books store house and I, with a lot of renewed interest, picked up Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson. This easy to read, (you can finish it in less than 60 minutes) book,... »
Advantages of computer administered testing by Paul Kline
I am reproducing what Paul Kline, (1937-1999) a psychologist at the University of Exeter, wrote on computer administered testing. 1. The first and greatest advantage in computer-administered testing is the capability it provides for almost immediate feedback of results. In the applied setting this is of considerable value. For example, in all counseling and therapeutic applications of tests immediate access to... »
Induction Training
While Smart Hiring works with many large and medium sized enterprises on many different issues we have been assigned the task of making an Induction Training Tool for the first time. And this assignment has come to us from Hilton Hotels - India. And Smart Hiring Team is busy making a multimedia presentation that has a Gung Ho feel to... »
Are applicant’s resume telling you anything about his personality
One of the studies, reported in Journal of Business and Psychology recently, tried to understand Recruiters’ Inferences of Applicant Personality Based on Resume Screening. Responses from 244 recruiters were analyzed and the authors ,Michael S. Cole of Department of Management, M.J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76109, USA and Hubert S. Feild, William F. Giles... »
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Even Slowing Economy Is not going to Protect Employers from Turnover According to Survey
Last year at about March, 2008 Salary.com, a US company focused on on-demand software around a deep domain knowledge in the area of compensation, held a survey and found that Fifty-Seven Percent of Surveyed U.S. Workers Plan to Intensify Job... »
Candidate’s personal branding is on Google / Facebook/ Twitter
Seth Godin, a marketing guru Smart Hiring follows, has an interesting post about his friend's experience while trying to hire a housekeeper. When Seth's friend googled each candidate's name she got results that helped her take decisions. Today candidates need to be researched on Google,... »
Can You Evaluate Your Own Abilities?
In an interview with Gallup Management Journal, David Dunning, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Cornell University, talked about why people aren't very good at judging themselves. Why is this important? Because it has a great deal to do with how... »