Organizations are starting to use proctored online testing to decrease cheating on their pre-employment tests. However, a new study shows why they may want to be cautious.
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Researchers provide tips for organizations on how to reduce cheating on unproctored internet tests.
Researchers support intelligence testing for predicting task performance, but demonstrate areas in which personality testing may work as well or even better.
Organizations that test for specific cognitive abilities can enhance their employee selection programs, and ultimately improve employee job performance.
Researchers investigate the ability of specific cognitive abilities in employee selection testing. Results improve organizational diversity without compromising workforce effectiveness.
Job interviewers often have two goals in mind when meeting an applicant and conducting a job interview: Evaluate the candidate’s fit for the company or position, and “sell” the job to the prospective employee. A new study shows how this “selling orientation” negatively impacts an interviewer’s judgment.
Businesses are starting to use mobile phones to assess job applicants. Are these assessments just as fair as the more traditional methods of hiring new employees?
Researchers explore the use of structured employment interviews, specifically noting how they can be used to improve employee selection systems.
Researchers find that structured job interviews are more statistically reliable than unstructured interviews.
