You might be a Champion! Then again, you might not. You see, this isn’t some touchy-feely, “everyone is a winner” self-help piece. There will be no cheesy motivational images of mountain climbers experiencing “achievement” or hamsters showing “determination.” This is a piece about teamwork. Like, when you get a bunch of people together to solve… Read more »
Fluff. It tastes good on a sandwich with peanut butter. It is not, however, a great building material for a pre-employment assessment. If one has the technical wherewithal, it’s easy to make a “personality test” and put in on the market. Come up with a questionnaire to collect data, design a scoring system, and think… Read more »
You don’t want to hire that employee, do you? Of course not. You want to hire THAT employee. That employee is one who interviewed like a star but turned out to be lazy or needy or disinterested, ultimately creating more work for management and team members than he ever completed himself. THAT employee, on the… Read more »
Question: Would you rather make an important decision with more information or less information? That’s rhetorical, of course. We all want more information. It gives us greater confidence in our choices and increases our sense of control. No one goes to a supermarket and asks the shelf stocker to black out the nutrition label with… Read more »
Sometimes, there’s no turning back. Brick-and-mortar stores are never going to put internet retail out of business. Broadcast networks won’t slow the trend of viewers streaming or DVRing shows to watch later. And the business world is not about to shift away from the Big Data revolution. Why? Because data mining works. That is, if… Read more »
Caliper trade show alert! [Note: trade shows are fun, hence the exclamation point] If you plan to be in San Diego on May 6-9 for ATD International Conference & Exposition 2018, drop by Booth 303 (a.k.a. the best booth) to chat with Caliper representatives about all our cool stuff.* We’re easy to find! Enter through… Read more »
People are always looking for a new toy, even in HR and talent-development circles. Data analytics is the shiny red button currently attracting business leaders looking for a fresh way to improve performance, productivity, and talent alignment. But as much we embrace and advocate for data analytics, there are still tried-and-true talent-development methods that, when… Read more »
The disparity is stark. Women represent 57 percent of college students and 47 percent of the workforce in the United States, yet fewer than seven percent of women are CEOs at Fortune 500 companies. The percentage of women elected to Congress continues to hover around 20 percent. To say “Women don’t seek high-level positions” is… Read more »
This year’s Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference takes place in Chicago from April 17-21 at the Sheraton Grand hotel. As with years past, Caliper’s R&D crew will feature in several breakout sessions. On Thursday, April 19 at 10:30 a.m., Caliper’s Dr. Jennie Hollmann, Dr. Nataliya Baytalskaya, and Trevor J. Shylock (along with… Read more »
Hiring-managers, recruiters, and HR professionals are understandably excited when they find a qualified candidate who also interviews well. Depending on the length of the search, it can be difficult to resist offering a job on the spot. It may take a few anxious days, but, once all the hurdles are cleared, an offer is made… Read more »
