Human Resources

Goldilocks Chooses a Consulting Firm

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This article is most helpful to anyone seeking to hire a consultant or consulting firm to provide psychometric assessments for employee selection, promotion, and development. Like the children’s story, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, psychological assessment providers can be grouped into three main categories to choose from.  The following information can help you decide which …

Best Practices for Assessing Job Candidates

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What is a “candidate selection assessment”? When I moved to Philadelphia about ten years ago, I was surprised to find that many companies had never heard of a “selection assessment”.  Instead, they were using only traditional candidate screening methods such as interviews and reference checks.  I found this to be especially interesting given that surrounding …