Training Doyens

Hiring or promoting the wrong person can be very expensive for an organization and can result in setting up an employee for failure. Our upcoming webinar discusses how using assessment tools for selection can identify development needs for promotable employees, make them ready for their next assignment, and also help in hiring the right person for the right job. The webinar covers the following key areas: ·          What is assessment testing in the workplace ·          Pre-employment testing, test validity and reliability ·          Using assessment in hiring and promotion decisions LEARNING OBJECTIVES Promoting the wrong person or promoting people before they are ready can be just as costly and can result in setting up an employee for failure. The Peter Principle holds that people in an organization tend to be promoted to the level of their incompete...

OVERVIEW Many businesses make rushed hiring decisions. Unfortunately many poor choices are made based solely on gut feeling. Many candidates can make a very positive presentation and may throw off the judgment of an inexperienced interviewer. Hiring the wrong person can be very expensive. When you consider the cost of recruiting, interviewing, employee salary and benefits, lost productivity, and retraining costs the number could be from 20 to 33% of an annual salary according to some estimates. Using employee assessment test can help you identify the job candidates that are best fit and would have greater probability of performing well in your company. Employee assessment test can also be used for current employees to identify development opportunities and select people for promotion. This webinar will discuss assessment testing as it relates to employment. We will cover use of assessments in hiring and promotion decisions. You will learn the nature of  pre-employm...