pre-employment test
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MUST READ: Are Assessments as Evil as the Persona Movie Suggests?
- April 7, 2021
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
That’s the problem with the documentary Persona – The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests. The movie shines the spotlight on the well-known Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator and swings between those that love knowing, being and relating to one of the sixteen personality types; versus those who are trying to change laws to prevent assessments like this from being used as a pre-employment test.
The film mocks those who embrace the Myers-Briggs while advocating for the elimination of pre-employment assessments. The film focuses on people who believe they were harmed and branded as unemployable as a result of being rejected for work – supposedly because of their test results. Kyle Behm was one of those people and he committed suicide while the movie was being filmed. The advocates against personality testing for employment issue the dire warning that everyone is or will be negatively impacted by personality assessments.
The film takes five huge leaps of faith and expects viewers to leap along with them:
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Found! The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive?
- December 1, 2020
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Almost nine years in the making, this article compares OMG with Caliper and I did update it so that the information on both assessments is current.
I compared two assessments for the same candidate: one from Objective Management Group (OMG) and one from Caliper. Not being one to pass up opportunities like this, I conducted another comparison where OMG recommended this person for the role and Caliper did not.