Field notes on hiring science.
Plain-language pieces on what the research actually says about predictive hiring, how to design assessments that hold up legally, and what we've learned building tests inside real operations. No fluff. Cited where it matters.
Pre-hire assessments for healthcare operations: a practical guide.
Healthcare ops is uniquely brutal on hiring — multi-system workflows, billing-defending documentation, judgment under real consequence, regulatory exposure. Generic tests miss most of what predicts performance. A role-by-role guide for HR and ops leaders at healthcare-services companies.
Read the guideHow to make your hiring test legally defensible — the Uniform Guidelines, explained.
Most companies who use a pre-hire test couldn't actually prove it's job-related if they were challenged. Plain-language explainer of the Uniform Guidelines, the four-fifths rule, and the three forms of validity — and what HR leaders need to know before deploying a screening test.
Read the articleWork samples predict job performance 3× better than résumés. Here's what 85 years of data show.
Most companies hire on credentials. The data has been clear for decades that credentials are one of the worst predictors of who will actually do the job well. Here's what Schmidt & Hunter (1998) and the Sackett (2022) reanalysis actually say — and what it means for how you hire.
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