Articles/Publications

This page contains information about some of Dr. Charles Handler's recent publications. For an up to date listing of Dr. Handler's articles, please visit his ERE Author page. For more in-depth research studies, white papers and survey results, consider a subscription to the Online Buyer’s Guide, with Research Room access.

Index of ERE Articles

Here is a categorized list of selected articles that Charles has written for the Electronic Recruiting Exchange. They provide a good source of information for persons interested in learning more about several important aspects of the online hiring process. Note: article links will exit this web site.

Online screening, present and future

• Best Practices for 2005 (23 Dec 2004)
• Business Intelligence: The Future of Hiring Metrics (2 Dec 2004)
• Trend Analysis: Why Is Online Assessment Gaining in Popularity?
• Annual Online Screening and Assessment User Survey Results: Part 1
• Annual Online Screening and Assessment User Survey Results, Part 2
• How Staffing Has Adapted to Today's Economic Climate
• How Will Online Screening and Assessment Vendors Succeed?
• The Need for Speed: Validation Strategies of the Future
• Simulations: A Look Into the Future of Scientific Screening
• Screening vs. Resumes: What Will Be the Weakest Link?

Building a screening foundation

• Quality: The Bottom Line
• Effective Online Screening Begins With a Solid Foundation
• Building a Solid Foundation

Hiring

• Hiring Manufacturing Staff in the 21st Century: A Fundamental Shift in Skills - Whitepaper sponsored by Harcourt Assessment
• What You Need to Know About What's Happening in the Pre-Employment Assessment Market
  
• Using Assessment Results to Make Smart Hiring Decisions
• The Value of Person-Organization Fit
• Security and Online Screening: What You Need to Know

• Improving the World One Staffing Decision at Time: Do Candidates Like Assessments?

Legal

• Establishing the Legal Defensibility of Online Screening and Assessment: What you need to know (PDF)
• More Ideas Regarding the Government's Definition of an Applicant

Vendor evaluation

• Choosing an Assessment Vendor: What to Look for
• Will the Best Assessment Vendor Please Stand Up?
• 10 Trends in the Online Screening and Assessment Marketplace
• Creating an Effective RFP for Online Staffing Assessments

Technical information

• What to Look for in an Assessment
• Online Screening of Job Applicants: A Better Tool
• Online Screening: Inside Scientific Screening
• Online Screening: Adding Screening Tools To Your Online Recruiting Strategy
• The Many Flavors of Online Screening
• When Perception Doesn't Equal Reality: Legal Defensibility and Online Screening

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Online Screening Recommendations

• 5 Major trends that are shaping the future of online assessment
  The Internet’s inherent focus on data will be the key that enables the creation of new paradigms for online assessment and for the integration of assessment into comprehensive online hiring strategies.
• Using your careers page as a strategic recruiting tool An effective online hiring effort begins with the careers section of your corporate website.
• 10 issues to consider when choosing an Internet based test vendor What to consider when choosing an Internet based test vendor.
• Using the Internet to increase retention Several Internet based systems can be used to create a comprehensive, integrated strategy aimed at increasing employee retention.
• 2002: 20 Questions About Online Screening: Survey Results