Archive for September, 2004
Real Estate Agent Simulation: Try It For Free!
If you like the simulation approach to employee selection, this website provides an interesting example of such an approach. Currently, you can try a short sample for free of this simulation.
The website provides a few sample “frames,” as well as a sample of the cognitive ability and personality test that is part of the real [...]
Court tightens FMLA screws on employers
A recent Sixth Circuit decision highlights the often harsh inflexibility of the FMLA. It contrasts the FMLA with the ADA, rejecting the employer’s attempt to use the ADA to add some flexibility to the FMLA.
The FMLA can present significant difficulties for employers because it is so specific and absolute, in contrast to [...]
Should You Write Notes on An Application Form?
Unless your memory is far better than mine is, I don’t know how interviewers can even hope to remember all of the information that is provided by different job candidates. So, in order to remember what each candidate said, should you write notes on their resume or application form?
What would you answer? According to [...]
Goodbye to Paper-and-Pencil Surveys!
Remember the old days when surveys were made of paper and respondents answered with a pencil or pen? Those days seem to be about over now, with the advent of the Internet and other electronic technologies. I have learned about one company that provides a nice platform for doing electronic surveys, which is called
surveymonkey.com. It [...]
Preparedness for natural disaster saves employee lives
The recent hurricane news reminded me to tell this lesser-known severe weather story from central Illinois back in July. This photo shows what was a modern medium-sized manufacturing plant:
This story came to my attention because my wife’s family is from the county where this tornado touched down and swept across this manufacturing plant, turning it [...]
