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Pre-Employment Tests, Interview Skills & Hiring
3 STEPS TO HIRE THE BEST PEOPLE for YOUR TRAINING or APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
More companies are creating and operating training programs or apprenticeships. Learn what makes some of these programs successful.
Jan 20, 2012, 13:24
Pre-Employment Tests, Interview Skills & Hiring
JOB APPLICANTS who have PERSONALITY PROBLEMS: PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTS HELP YOU AVOID HIRING SUCH TROUBLEMAKERS
Some pre-employment personality tests can help you avoid hiring people who have personality problems. This articles teaches you how specific personality tests can enable you to hire people with productive personalities – and avoid hiring those disgusting people with personality problems that will drag down your company’s organizational culture and financial success.
Oct 17, 2011, 14:32
Pre-Employment Tests, Interview Skills & Hiring
PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTS TO HELP YOU AVOID HIRING INTERPERSONAL TROUBLEMAKERS
Fortunately, pre-employment tests can help you avoid hiring troublemakers including applicants who have lousy or unproductive interpersonal skills. Three interpersonal skills of major concern are the applicant’s level of Friendliness, Assertiveness & Teamwork. This article you will learn how to determine what pre-employment test scores are “good” or “bad. Then, see an example of how to put these “good” or “bad” test scores into action.
Sep 29, 2011, 16:23
Pre-Employment Tests, Interview Skills & Hiring
AVOID HIRING LIARS: CERTAIN PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTS HELP YOU DO THAT
Certain pre-employment personality tests help you avoid hiring liars. By liars, I mean applicants who try to appear ‘better or different’ than they truly are. Sure, every applicant seeks to make a good impression. But applicants who go out of their way to deceive you can cause expensive problems – if you hire them. This article explains how to weed out liars.
Jun 24, 2011, 14:44
Pre-Employment Tests, Interview Skills & Hiring
PRE-EMPLOYMENT TESTS versus CREDIT CHECKS: WHICH METHOD HELPS YOU HIRE RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEES?
Pre-employment tests should do better at predicting irresponsible behavior than credit checks. So, take pre-employment test scores into account when you want to evaluate if a job applicant potentially could be a responsible person for your organization.
Dec 2, 2010, 12:11