White Papers

Most company executives believe they have an effective hiring process in place and are prepared for any hiring dilemma. In reality, many ineffective hiring practices are currently in use at organizations across the globe. This paper will assist you in solving these common hiring dilemmas when creating your 'Dream Team.'

Tests, surveys, appraisals, assessments—there’s no doubt that the tools used to measure people in organizations are an increasingly vital part of business and talent management strategy. Assessments provide valuable information and insight to company leaders, allowing them to make better decisions regarding workforce effectiveness. This white paper will explore some of the many benefits that assessments can provide.

Research clearly shows that a uniform interview process will result in higher reliability. This concept is a range from the completely unstructured, “shoot-from-the-hip” approach to a methodology where both the content (what is assessed during the interview) and process (how the interview is conducted and evaluated) are completely standardized. Learn essential ways to structure your organization's interview content and process within this white paper.

The employment interview, like any other selection or promotion tool, is evaluated in terms of its "fairness." A series of federal and state laws, court decisions and administrative rulings have established public policy regarding the conduct of personnel practices, from recruitment to promotion. View the fundamental legal considerations your organization should follow during the hiring process in particular.

When considering who to hire for a particular position, it is imperative for organizations to have as much information about each candidate as possible. However, determining how to combine multiple pieces of information to make a final and accurate hiring decision can be challenging, to say the least. Read more on key approaches to combining information from various decision-making tools in this white paper.