The results of the December 2009 Prevue Newsletter survey are now in and have been tabulated. There were 70 respondents to the survey who provided over 100 suggestions.
The question given the most consideration by respondents was, “What HR topics are you most interested in hearing about?” The responses were both diverse and interesting. We divided [...]

No doubt all of you have completed or are putting the finishing touches on your 2010 Business Development Plan. We are in the latter group and find much of our planning effort is devoted to forecasting what will happen with the economy, changes in employment levels and the resulting impact on the use of Prevue [...]

Do you ever question whether you are using the right assessment tools to find the right people?  We are often asked to explain why the Prevue Assessments, that measure General Mental Ability, Interest/Motivation and the Big Five personality traits, are the best available measures of job fit to identify the best job applicants.  Although we [...]

The Talent Acquisition Strategy Study recently published by the Aberdeen Group contains a number of very interesting conclusions regarding the best methods for acquiring top talent. One stands out particularly. The study found that “quality of hire is currently the holy grail of talent management metrics” and Organizational Fit is the top measure or metric for determining “quality of hire”.

The following article contributed by Fernie Black highlights an opportunity that is only available to business during the current recession. There is no better time to make sure you have the right people on your team because there is a limited window of opportunity to locate and hire the talent you need for success. The [...]

Dr. Charles Handler’s annual survey was released earlier this week. The key finding regarding the use of assessments were as follows:

Overall usage of assessment tools was generally about the same as in past years — roughly two-thirds of the organization who participated in the study.
Of the organizations using assessments, 54% are deploying both paper-based and [...]

What will the EEOC and the various Human Rights administrations in the UK and North America do with this one?
 A row has broken out in Austria after a company tried to recruit workers born under certain star signs.
The Salzburg insurance company posted an advert in major newspapers seeking employees for sales and management that [...]

Interesting that our workplace priorities seem to have returned to those espoused by older generations. Job security moved from mid-level of importance to #1.

What’s Important to Employees
The Society for Human Resource Management (see www.shrm.org ) had employees use a 4-point scale to indicate what’s “very unimportant” (that’s a 1) or “very important” (that’s a [...]

We have been working hard a Prevue to create an employee testing video that gives a better sense of how we can help customers.  Check it out!

Despite the current recession, rising unemployment and an expanded labour pool, Best in Class organizations are using more assessments for both pre-hire and post-hire activities.