Reasons Hiring Managers Fear Pre-employment Tests

By admin on

Like many fears, the FEAR that hiring managers have about using pre-employment tests is nothing more than False Experiences Appearing Real. In this column I respond to the top 10 fears I consistently hear from HR managers, executives and business owners. A few of the fears are real. Some are merely exaggerations. And others – they are simply not true. Beginning with number 10:

10. We don’t have a budget for testing. Fortunately the ROI on pre-employment tests is many-fold when you consider the cost of a bad hire, estimated to be 1 to 2 times annual salary for lower-wage employees and upwards of 10 times annual salary for managers, professionals and executive. In low-wage, high turnover industries like hospitality, studies indicate it costs roughly 300 to 700 times an hourly worker’s rate each time you have to fire and replace them when you take the effect of a bad hire on a guest’s first experience. Ranging in costs from as little as $25 for screening tools to several hundred for job fit assessments, the cost of the pre-employment tests will be a fraction of the cost spent on trying to save a bad hire. Pre-employment tests are an investment in productivity and innovation, not an HR line item.

Read more >>

Why A Business Model Is So Important

By admin on

A business model explains the rationale of how a company establishes, provides, and captures value. It includes the product or services offered, sources of revenue, customer base, organizational structure, strategies, operational process, and financing. Basically, the methodology and infrastructure of a business combine to form the business model. This model should be created long before a business opens its doors.

Before starting a business, an entrepreneur should be aware of the basic process for building one. This knowledge proves valuable when creating the business model. Certain aspects of infrastructure, operations, and strategic thinking have proven successful, while others are destined to fail. Being able to distinguish one from the other enables a business owner to avoid the pitfalls. A business with a model that maximizes opportunities and avoids threats is positioned for long-term success.

Read more >>

The History Of Confortina Shoes

By admin on

Confortina shoes were first produced in Portugal in 1992 by Orthopeadics who recognised that there was a gap in the market for comfortable shoes that were also designed to prevent and treat foot problems. By studying the feet and how they move Orthapaedics wanted to create a shoe that would work with the foot and prevent any damage while also offering supreme comfort… and so Confortina footwear was born.

Confortina footwear can offer much needed comfort for those who suffer from conditions including diabetes, acute foot pain and neuropathy. As Confortina shoes are wide fitting they are also suitable for people with problem feet. The sole of Confortina shoes is unique as 50% of it contains air bubbles which are used alongside arch stiffeners to give the wearer superior support when walking without having to compromise on comfort.

Read more >>

Gaslighting Stirring Up Doubt

By admin on

There’s a psychological technique called gaslighting which is incredibly potent especially in persuasive situations.

A few nights ago I was watching TV, just flipping around aimlessly, and came upon an old episode of M*A*S*H. In this episode, BJ is bored and to entertain himself he cooks up a plan for amusement at Winchester’s expense.

Read more >>

Inside Business Advertising And Report Tv Scam

By admin on

Let life pass you by! This maxim of the slow, I suggest, could potentially usurp governments, the global economy, and the war machine. This complete reversal of the old saying Dont let life pass you by potentially signifies a new rupture point. A point of rupture or departure of becoming and self-reclamation in a world so apathetically speed-driven that it is made hypnotic by the blur of sights passing it by. This maxim is not just a simple banal repetition in line with Wake up and smell the coffee, and so on. No, Inside Business Scams, Reports, or Advertising. As if anyone could ever get inside business or the advertising world.

Inside Business Report TV Scam… It sounds like a parody of so much that is fast and wrong, fast and loose, and even a potential Mel Brooks skit. What does it mean to be “inside”? Does it imply special knowledge?, Advanced knowledge? What does Inside Business Report TV Scam imply when one detaches oneself from the passivity of shame, the passive acquiescence to the rays of TV, the doldrums of drugs, bland consumerism, even self-help or self-hurt books.

Read more >>

Risk Management During Construction At Health Institutes

By admin on

Introduction:
Whenever renovations or any construction work are planned at a hospital, crucial health considerations must be made. The workers at these health institutions will be in contact with harmful diseases that are carried in the dust and other debris, which are always part of any construction or renovation project.

All medical institutions have to expand at some stage because of the continual increase of health care demands, such as the need to stay current with technology, reinforcing aging building structures, as well as adding facilities that are more patient-friendly.

Read more >>