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7 Key Criteria for a Successful Sales Assessment
What is a Sales Assessment? A sales assessment is a tool that helps gauge a person’s ability and potential to succeed in a specific sales job. With the information obtained from a quality sales assessment, organizations can then use that information for a variety...
360 Feedback: How coaching can improve the process exponentially
360 Feedback is only as good as the next step All too often the 360 feedback process stops when the manager reviews the 360 feedback report with the focal leader going through the process. We see it all the time and it normally goes something like this....
The Art of the Reference Check
What is a reference check? A reference check is commonly performed towards the end of the hiring process. It is typically used to confirm information that is provided by the job applicant. For instance, if you want to be sure an applicant worked where they say they...
Why 360 Feedback for Managers is so Important
Use 360 feedback for managers to make an impact on your business. 360 degree feedback has been proven an effective tool for developing leadership skills throughout organizations worldwide for decades. It is a proven methodology used to assess, benchmark and...
What Does a Pre-Employment Assessment Measure?
What is a pre-employment assessment? A pre-employment assessment is a tool that helps screen individuals during an organization’s hiring process. Pre-employment assessments are set up in a way to help hiring managers measure the skills, characteristics, and attributes...
Hiring Millennials in Today’s Job Market
What does our current job market look like? Did the war for talent ever end? I would argue no – there may have been a cease fire for a few years, but it is about to bubble up even more. Today’s labor market is causing an interesting twist. The effects that the...
What to look for in a resume- when shortlisting candidates
What to look for in a resume When hiring for an open position, knowing what to look for in a resume can make the process much more efficient and help in finding the right person for the role you are filling. With today’s high unemployment rate and massive increase in...
AlignMark and Peak Performance Announce New Partnership
New Relationship to Provide Optimization of Investment in Human Capital Chattanooga, TN & Maitland, FL: Denise Rice, President & CEO of Peak Performance Inc., and Cabot Jaffee, President & CEO of AlignMark, announce a partnership between the two companies...
Why 360 degree feedback is an effective development tool
Starting the development process with 360 Feedback We have discussed in a number of posts why 360 degree feedback is effective in evaluating leadership at all levels of an organization. The assessment itself is a great way to identify strengths, weaknesses and areas...
Your Guide to Shortlisting Job Applicants
What is shortlisting? As defined by the dictionary, shortlisting is the verb meaning to put someone or something on the short list. For hiring purposes, hiring managers use shortlisting to bring the field of applicants down to a manageable pool that can be vetted...
More About Dr. Jaffee
Dr. Jaffee (M.A., Ph.D.) is a recognized expert in the field of assessments, and has created effective HR Solutions used by millions of people.