The majority of organizations with more than 100 employees rely on assessment tests (such as aptitude and psychology tests) for external hiring. Ace these tests by knowing what kind of questions you ...

A growing number of employers are using assessments to get to know job seekers in the pandemic. If you're a nervous test taker, Insider spoke to experts about what to expect from job assessments.

Employers gauge a job candidate's ability to work and learn in an establishment through pre-employment assessments. To make a sound decision in the hiring process, companies should understand how to ...

LinkedIn, the social networking service for the working world, is today taking the wraps off its latest effort to provide its users with better tools for presenting their professional selves, and to ...

More employers want candidates to prove they can do the job before they get hired, rather than just relying on their resumes, education and credentials. The Society for Human Resources Management ...

The upside to a down market is perhaps the push it gives organizations to make an inventory of their assets – not the least of which is their human capital. To do this they employ a wide range ...

Job board Indeed also recently rolled out a skills assessment platform for job seekers that allows them to demonstrate their value in the market. These tools have emerged at the same time a shift in ...

It’s not a new phenomenon. Psychological tests have been used in employee selection processes since World War I. Determining how to reduce turnover, increase productivity and more accurately predict ...

The modern job market has become a numbers game of staggering proportions. A single posting can attract thousands of applications, forcing employers to rely on automated systems to manage the flood of ...

More companies are relying on the personality test to gauge an applicant's job worthiness. WSJ's Lauren Weber reports. Photo: Tim Hussin for WSJ The Delaware North Cos., a hospitality company whose ...