Visionary vs. Operational Leaders: Which is the Right Fit for Your Business? It might surprise some and be common knowledge to others that there is more than one type of leadership style. One common distinction can be made between Visionary Leaders and Operational Leaders. Work history, resume, pre-employment tests and interviews all provide evidence of a...
IT professionals must perform for a business to perform, and thankfully, you can find a high-performing IT employee using the evidence gathered in a pre-employment personality test. Traits including Emotional Stability, Optimism, Extroversion and Openness should be high on your list when searching for an IT professional who fits the needs of the job. Whether you are...
Effective managers are cut from a different cloth than other employees. These leaders exhibit a particular set of personality traits that mix emotional strength with hard work and positive attitude. High on the list of personality traits these leaders display are assertiveness, work drive, teamwork orientation, extraversion, emotional stability and optimism.
Testing can dramatically increase your success in hiring superior employees, while at the same time reducing the number of “bad or unsuccessful candidates” hired. Superior employees are an excellent investment of company resources because they: Learn more quickly so the investment in training dollars is spent wisely. Use their job knowledge to make wise decisions to...
This post is part of an ongoing series about assessment testing best practices. Click here to view other posts in the series. Discrimination: Not something that an employer wants to be accused of. Luckily, as far as assessment testing goes, there is little reason to worry (assuming of course that you are using Resources Associates tests. We can’t make...
This post is part of an ongoing series about assessment testing best practices. Click here to view other posts in the series. If you want to have a happy, productive team, then you must always do your best to ensure that you are hiring smart, hard-working employees who have the potential to fit in well with your company. The cost of hiring a bad worker is far too...