As candidates search for jobs, the most frequent request they get is to list their experience. How proficient are they at performing these particular job functions already? Before they even walk through the door, they’re asked to demonstrate the skills required for the role. But what if that isn’t the most important part? What if… Read more »
Personality assessments are a key component of the interview process. Assessments provide objective criteria about a candidate’s personality traits and motivations, allowing for an unbiased view of how well a candidate will fit a specific role. For almost 60 years, the Caliper Profile has helped companies predict a candidate’s potential for success in a particular… Read more »
We recently released a whitepaper on mental toughness and how it differentiates top NCAA Division 1 and professional athletes. To read the full whitepaper, click here. Otherwise, we’ve got a short and sweet recap summary for you below. Athletic Ability Isn’t Enough The chances of athletes making it to the “big leagues” is slim to… Read more »
Every office, warehouse, and production facility has one employee who takes up an inequitable portion of their supervisor’s time and effort. This employee may bring valuable knowledge and experience to the role, but they also cause frustration for management, and other team members, because they “just don’t get it.” What “it” is, varies from job… Read more »
Personality assessments are a valuable tool for building sales effectiveness in your organization. Whether they help build high-performing sales teams or fill a vacant position, assessments can help uncover tendencies and motivators that are hidden beneath the surface. Your next personality assessment must provide valuable insights into the qualities that signify sales effectiveness, and those… Read more »
Warning: we’re going to begin with a Star Trek analogy, but then we’ll do a sports one. That should cover everybody, right? Even people who don’t care one bit about Star Trek (what!) know that Captain Kirk is a high-risk, high-reward type of leader and that Spock is his calm, logical sidekick. Spock may be… Read more »
Q: What’s better than a brand-new Caliper report that takes our leading-edge employee-assessment data and presents it in a pinpoint, practical, and easy-to-understand format? A: An entire report suite that takes our leading-edge employee-assessment data and presents it in a powerful, practical, and easy-to-understand format! From helping you select the best candidates, to supporting the… 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 »
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 »
