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May 2009 News

What’s Hot (& What’s Not): News Bits, Happenings

  • Hot: The Supreme Court, recently not very occupied with adverse impact and related employment discrimination cases, is about to have the final say on a potentially game-changing lawsuit…
  • Hot or Not? Can the Federal government really subvert its history of non-transparent hiring and rampant insiderism at the highest levels?
  • Hot: Pizza Hut, part of the YUM! Restaurants International empire, is looking for a Twitter Intern (Twintern? Twittern?) this summer.
  • Briefly Hot: So you’re out of a job and looking to expand the qualifications on your resume and your outlook on life. How about a fresh start at the local “gentleman’s club”?

Announcing the launch of the official SIOP blog site, the SIOP Exchange

The SIOP Exchange is the new Web center for capturing the voice and commentary of professionals in I-O Psychology. The Exchange provides easy access to information and opinions about all that I-O Psychologists do, including topics related to the use of pre-employment assessment.

New Hands-on Assessment Text:

Hiring Success

Dr. Steven Hunt’s new book ‘Hiring Success: The Art and Science of Staffing Assessment and Employee Selection’ is meant to provide practical knowledge that can be used to help with the planning, implementation, and evaluation of assessment tools. Order your copy now…

3rd Party Validation Services

Get the real story about the compliance and effectiveness of your staffing selection processes. Trust Rocket-Hire for all your test validation/ROI analysis needs.

Did you know that Rocket-Hire specializes in test validation and ROI analysis? We offer an extensive list of services designed to help your company “close the loop” to understand the legal compliance and value returned by every phase of your employee selection process. Our objective 3rd party status combined with over 10 years of experience ensures that we deliver information, analysis, and results you can trust. Learn more…

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The real story about recruitment and hiring in post-Katrina New Orleans

Rocket-Hire is a New Orleans based business and as such we have a strong interest in understanding and communicating the unique labor challenges that we must face while rebuilding and moving forward. Sumner Grace, an Albany New York based search and strategic workforce planning firm (www.sumnergrace.com) has conducted an interesting research study aimed at telling the real story about the impact of the disasters of 2005 on our local labor market. The report tells an interesting story about the importance of resilience and a strong sense of community in facilitating recovery from devastation and tragedy. Read all about it (PDF).

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