SuccessFactors, Inc. a provider of on-demand performance and talent management solutions, and HR Solutions Inc., a provider of employee engagement survey instruments, today announced an alliance. view article »

Employment assessment vendor PreVisor and interactive recruitment services company Jobs2Web are sponsoring a summer series of  Talent Acquisition Summits. Each summit is designed to share new strategies and trends to help organizations optimize their talent management programs. view article »

Think you're a pretty sharp recruiter? Want to test how much you really know? Bullhorn and First Advantage Assessment Solutions have joined forces to create a series of short online tests to help recruiters assess their industry knowledge. It's called the Recruiter IQ Series and you can get started here. view article »

Qualifying.org, Inc, a talent management firm, together with test and assessment publisher Pearson has released three certification programs for the Golden Personality Type Profile. The training programs are designed for human resource specialists and consultants seeking to use the Golden for individual and team development. view article »

PreVisor has introduced a new line of unproctored cognitive assessment designed to measure verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning in graduate candidates. The GCI-Graduate provides employers with a means of identifying individuals who have the  intellectual ability and potential to succeed in the workplace regardless of background or degree.

 

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Here’s a company that’s set itself the goal of helping people lead happier lives and helping companies build happier and more productive workplaces.  When Jiibe Solutions (profile; site) has accomplished those tasks it may as well just go on to create peace on earth. view article »

Companies worldwide say they are most concerned about external recruiting and performance management. In the U.S., companies say their next key concern is internal promotion. Elsewhere, it's career development.

These are some of the trends identified in a survey sponsored by PreVisor that is intended to help practitioners and consultants evaluate their employee assessment practices.

PreVisor is a provider of on demand pre-employment assessments and talent measurement solutions. The complete report is available here.

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SHL, a provider of talent assessments unveiled the final version of its Dependability and Safety Instrument tool, which identifies employees more likely to be unreliable and unsafe in the workplace. The new version identifies five risk levels – from low risk to very high risk – while taking less than 7 minutes for a candidate to complete.

Using a risk rating scale, the Dependability Index can effectively predict a candidate’s focus on customer service, accident rates and attendance rates. This level of screening is particularly suited for the hospitality, retail, call center and telecom sectors, as well as potentially hazardous or high risk professions in the construction, engineering, health care and security sectors.

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PreVisor's new Retail Suite assessment solution is designed to identify job candidates who can thrive in today's tough retail environment, especially those who will be more productive and stay longer on the job to drive sales and store success. view article »