Small-business owners often have to go with a gut feeling when hiring employees, especially when the company has only a few staff members and any new hire has to fit in with the team. In addition to ...

Pre-employment testing, or talent evaluation, is continuing to expand as a general practice as companies strive to find the best candidates for job openings. Turnover reduction, improved success of ...

Landing a job could require more than a polished resume and a stellar interview. Applicants may also be required to pass a pre-employment drug test before being hired. “The trend I’ve seen is toward ...

Staffing firms are in business to help clients fill essential job roles. However, this has become increasingly difficult due to an unprecedented global talent shortage. According to a Gartner survey, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Elizabeth Pearson covers career trends and women in business. If you haven’t been asked to take a lengthy assessment test prior to ...

The few companies taking on new hires these days may consider themselves lucky—they’re not yet bankrupt, and they have their pick among the legions of newly unemployed and overqualified. But even ...

Discussing types of psychological tests, in general, can be complicated. Indeed, determining the best psychological tests used in the workplace can seem a daunting task. But it doesn't need to be. The ...

Since the early 2000s, the global job market has been transitioning toward a system where job-seekers have more power than ever before. Competitive wages, highly-specialized fields, and remote ...

Employers are struggling to hire workers in a tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C., meaning more than one in five American adults can eat, drink, ...

Why do companies use pre-employment drug testing? There are three circumstances in which workers encounter drug tests during the hiring process. The first is when workers have applied for jobs subject ...

You’ve applied for a job and received an offer of employment, but there is one last step before the position is yours: a pre-employment drug test. For a range of jobs, particularly in the public ...