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« Back to the March/April 2005 Explorer newsletter
What’s Hot & What’s Not
Recent reports and happenings that could affect your world. Rocket-Hire keeps an ear to the ground to learn what’s changing.
QUOTABLE: What matters is gray.
"At Microsoft, talent is the most important thing that we have, without our talent we really don't have anything," says Joe Whittinghill, Director of employee learning and development at Microsoft. "Because we are a company that drives innovation we care deeply about what's in-between our people's ears - it's their gray matter that is the key to our success."
HOT: Universal’s Personal Take
Personality testing comes of age, with wider use for many job levels. Over the past few years, personality assessment tests have moved from the realm of experiment to standard practice at many of the nation's largest companies, including the Albertson's grocery chain and retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Target. A recent survey found that about 30 percent of all companies use personality tests in hiring. To many companies, the tests are as important, if not more important, than an applicant's education, experience and recommendations. Read the full story »
HOT WATER: Not-so-QuickHire Fails Test
Eighteen months after moving to an automated staffing system, the Health and Human Services Dept. of the Federal government had to take the system offline and revert to long, tedious manual processes – slowing down an already bogged recruiting department. They aren’t the only ones reliant on the Monster Government Solutions QuickHire. Homeland Security bureaus, Bureau of Land Management and others are all facing backlogs. Find out what went wrong »
RED HOT STATS: And the Winner Is…
The 2005 Global Bench Games, as they were dubbed by sponsor Brainbench, wrapped up the two week competition period on April 4th. Over 220 countries and some 200k+ individuals participated. Some of the stats surprises included: India toppling the USA as the #1 country in online certifications; former eastern European bloc Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Latvia and Bulgaria taking slots #3-7; most certified country by percentage of population – tiny Christmas Island, with Latvia, Bulgaria and Romania making it into the Top 10 there as well; and Delaware being the most certified state in the U.S. by percentage of population. See a complete listing of the Leader Board »