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Personality Testing For Employment
Thelasko writes "While I was in college, I had the opportunity to take an elective course in Industrial Psychology. One section of the course covered hiring practices and the validity of 'personality testing' to screen applicants (Google link for non-subscribers). The Wall Street Journal has a long article discoursing on how such tests are used in today's economy. While personality tests may be designed to uncover underlying personality traits such as honesty, critics claim that the tests instead reward cheaters." The article talks mostly about the tests' use in winnowing candidates for retail positions — deciding whom to interview. Anybody encountered them in an IT or more technical context?
ROFL! That's the funniest comment I've seen this week.
Cheers!
"And then I visited Wikipedia
There's something I never really thought about?
Did Hitler ever personally kill anyone? (Apart from his military service in WWI, and himself of course).
Or was he just another gutless tyrant who left the mass murder and misery-causing to those under his command?
"And then I visited Wikipedia
"You're watching a stage play. The actors are eating at a banquet. The appetizer is raw oysters. The entree is boiled dog."
Knowledge is power. Knowledge shared is power multiplied.
I hear they were both in Reno at the time.
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Where are my modpoints when I finally need them?!?
*ROTFL*
--The knowledge that you are an idiot, is what distinguishes you from one.
"avation class"
You know, that says a lot about your right there.
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