How to effectively use Pre-Hire Assessments for Improved Employee Selection

Rushed, gut-feel hiring leads to mistakes and early turnover. This 60-minute webinar shows how to use pre-hire assessments to measure the job skills and personality traits needed for top performance in key roles.

You'll learn what types of assessments exist and when to use them, best practices for choosing assessments for roles from front-line customer service to the C-suite, and how to build a profile of a successful candidate based on your own top performers.

The session also covers job fit, what can go wrong in selection and how to account for it, what to do when a candidate isn't a good fit, and a checklist of criteria for choosing assessments that avoid liability.

• Identify the pre-hire assessments available
• Explain the benefits of pre-hire assessments
• Choose the right assessment for each situation
• Anticipate what can go wrong in selection and avoid it
• Decide what to do when a candidate lacks job fit
• Make the case for assessments and job fit in your organization

• Using pre-hire assessments effectively for any job
• Best practices for choosing assessments from front-line roles to the C-suite
• Types of assessments and when to use them
• Building a profile of a successful candidate
• A checklist of criteria for choosing assessments that avoid liability
• What can go wrong with hiring choices and how to account for it
• The benefits of pre-hire assessments
• Hiring the best candidate for the role

Ineffective selection costs money. Assessments help you reduce bias, avoid hiring mistakes and put people in jobs that suit both their skills and your culture, reducing early turnover.

This session suits HR professionals, executives, directors, area supervisors and managers who are considering pre-hire assessments but aren't sure where to start.

• HR Professionals
• CEO
• Senior Vice President
• Vice President
• Executive Director
• Managing Director
• Regional Vice President
• Area Supervisor
• Manager

Dr. Ware is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist and CEO of Integral Talent Systems, Inc (ITS). ITS is a global technology enabled talent management consulting firm specializing in bringing the science of talent management to the bottom line.

ITS is a pioneer in the field of attracting and retaining top talent, as the company was the first consulting firm dedicated to this workplace issue that began emerging in the U.S. during 1996 and has since become a global concern.

Dr. Ware is frequently engaged with corporate clients to provide guidance on how to create "employer of choice" environments, so that they can attract and keep the best talent in their respective industries.

ITS provides this guidance by continually conducting independent research in talent management, staying abreast of current corporate and workplace trends and best practices, and creating innovative products and services regarding this topic.

Dr. Ware has practiced for over 25 years in the talent management field, with a strong focus on how to increase employee productivity for the benefit of achieving business goals. She has acted as a consultant in this capacity for 180 of the Fortune 1000.

Dr. Ware is frequently quoted on trends in talent management strategies in numerous publications such as the Associated Press, Computer World magazine, Network World and the San Francisco Chronicle, and has been featured several times on CNN as a national talent management expert.