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Is team work commonsense? A new book called Collaborative Intelligence: Using Teams to Solve Hard Problems by Harvard psychology professor, J. Richard Hackman says our understanding of how to work together might be wrong.
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Pepsi settles race discrimination lawsuit involving criminal background checks.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that Pepsi Beverages Co. will pay $3.13M to settle a race discrimination lawsuit involving criminal background checks. Pepsi’s former policy of not hiring workers with arrest records, even if they had never been convicted … Continue reading
Making the Cut: How to Set a Cut Score and Avoid a Lawsuit
When a test score winds up in court and there are discussions about how a cut score was set, an employer can find themselves in a difficult position if the cut score was not linked to some desired level of … Continue reading
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To Hire or Not to Hire? Can Facebook Answer the Question?
Social networking websites have provided an enormous opportunity for people to meet each other, stay in touch and share the personal details of their lives. Recruiters and employers are making use of websites like Facebook and MySpace to seek additional … Continue reading