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The Show-Me State: The Art of Effective Communication Pt. 3 26 Aug 2013 | 10:44 pm
Did you know that according to the International Journal of Communication we consume – on average – 34 gigabytes (or 100,500 words) of information outside of work on an average day? Also did you know...
Aligning Incentives in the Workplace: The case of sales-force compensation. 17 Aug 2013 | 12:11 am
Before pursuing a career in academia, I had several jobs in the real world – or as real of a world as you can find in Las Vegas. One of the things I did was to analyze employee performance for the res...
The Hottest New Thing: Is It Actually a “Thing?” (The Mismeasure of Candidates, Part 4) 10 Aug 2013 | 05:22 am
Occam’s Razor is a basic logical principle: The simplest explanation for a given phenomenon tends to be the correct one. Complex explanations require more assumptions to be made, thereby increasing th...
New Cangrade Video Demo 4 Aug 2013 | 02:36 am
About a week ago we released the new video demo that shows off our flagship pre-screening and ATS product. Here it is: A few fun facts about this video: The entrance chord is played on electrical cl...
HR and the Unconscious Mind: Do we automatically judge a book by its cover (in poker and promotion)? 27 Jul 2013 | 12:26 am
I watched an episode of The World Series of Poker recently. Anyone who’s watched the show knows that the viewers and announcers get a secret glance at the cards each player is holding (and anyone who...
Spit it out: The Art of Effective Communication Pt. 2 20 Jul 2013 | 11:32 pm
I figure if there were rules to talking in business they would be along these lines. Be concise –Keep it short and clear. Don’t repeat yourself, and use as many details as appropriate. Get to the po...
How to Win a Debate, Before it Even Begins (The Mismeasure of Candidates, Part 3) 13 Jul 2013 | 02:47 am
The Mismeasure of Man, published in 1981 by Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould, is described as “The definitive refutation of the argument of The Bell Curve.” The latter book (by Richard Herrnstein a...
Best and Worst Tools for Predicting a Job Fit 6 Jul 2013 | 08:50 am
Okay Employer, it’s time to hire! You have lined up a bunch of candidates, and now you need to choose… but how? To begin with, let’s take a look at all the tools that are used today for candidate sele...
The Challenge of Hiring in a Changing Environment: Part 1 28 Jun 2013 | 07:39 pm
In the past 20 years, increasing global economic competition, changes in technology, and the availability of information have dramatically changed the nature of work and the workplace. In order to be...
Why Personality isn’t Simple- Part 1: The Case of Extraversion and Sales Performance 21 Jun 2013 | 11:19 pm
Although using personality tests for hiring is common, using them well probably isn’t. When people see a candidate’s personality traits (or meet a candidate for an interview), we often choose a few tr...
