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Selection Testing and “Faking” – Is This Still Being Debated in Your Organization?

2018-12-17T21:31:57+00:00

Well, it shouldn’t be.

A rather seasoned debate has existed, for about fifty years now, concerning job applicants and their propensity to intentionally “fake” personality assessments used in selection screening. Many have tried to answer the question of frequency of faking. Most of the research has used either scales designed to measure response distortion embedded within […]

Selection Testing and “Faking” – Is This Still Being Debated in Your Organization?2018-12-17T21:31:57+00:00

Share Wish Us! What Are Your Hot Issues?

2018-12-17T21:21:35+00:00

Welcome to our Assessment Advisor Blog. We invite you to ask questions, provide suggestions, share interesting assessment cases and use this blog to support your consulting, coaching and talent development initiatives.

To get things moving, topics you might find of interest:

  1. Interventions – leaders who don’t fit their roles –and what to do about it
  2. Telephone feedback […]
Share Wish Us! What Are Your Hot Issues?2018-12-17T21:21:35+00:00

Gender Differences in Leadership

2018-12-17T21:17:41+00:00

What do you think?

Despite expertise and education, women are simply not gaining access to top corporate positions in numbers that correlate to readiness. Consider:

  • Under 2 percent of the top five earners at Fortune 500 and 1000 companies are women
  • 97.5% of CEOs of large corporations are men
  • The majority of college graduates are women

Contrary […]

Gender Differences in Leadership2018-12-17T21:17:41+00:00

Welcome to Assessment Advisor Blog

2018-12-17T21:13:19+00:00

Welcome to the Assessment Advisor blog hosted by Nancy Parsons, President of CDR Assessment Group

We are glad to have you on board. This blog is primarily for executives and leaders, executive coaches, organization development professionals, chief learning officers, human resource executives, industrial/organizational psychology specialists, and those interested in developing the human capability within organizations.

Our firm, […]

Welcome to Assessment Advisor Blog2018-12-17T21:13:19+00:00
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