If you’re on the job market or have been recently, you might have received a pre-employment assessment test. One posting I found ask applicants to complete a two-parter, with both a “cognitive” and a ...

Staffing firms are in business to help clients fill essential job roles. However, this has become increasingly difficult due to an unprecedented global talent shortage. According to a Gartner survey, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Elizabeth Pearson covers career trends and women in business. If you haven’t been asked to take a lengthy assessment test prior to ...

Employers that use hiring tests must ensure that the tests are job-related and consistent with business necessity, as required under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Uniform Guidelines on ...

Employers are likely to be more effective at hiring and retention when they customize pre-employment assessments to reflect job realities and company culture and use multiple assessments to evaluate ...

Editor's note: Posts published on From the Workplace are written by outside contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of SHRM. Organizations are increasingly using ...

If you’ve ever interviewed for a job, you’ve been assessed — even if you didn’t realize it. Today’s hiring assessments are very different from what your parents experienced, or even what an older ...

Employers gauge a job candidate's ability to work and learn in an establishment through pre-employment assessments. To make a sound decision in the hiring process, companies should understand how to ...

Once upon a time ago, a solid resume and a smooth-talking game were all you needed to land a job. However, times have changed. Companies across the board now require assessment tests as part of their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Employers are overwhelmed with job applications and leaning more on a particular hiring tool. Cognitive and personality tests are ...