by Kim McGinnis | Mar 31, 2019 | Coaching & Mentoring, Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing
It’s no secret that the world of work is rapidly changing. The World Economic Forum’s 2018 report on the future of jobs predicts that current organizational roles are likely to disappear as early as 2022, only to be replaced by new ones. This means organizations will...
by Kim McGinnis | Mar 31, 2019 | Leadership, Learning Agility, Personality, Pre-Employment Testing
In the wake of retiring baby boomers, most companies have turned a lot of attention in the last couple of decades to filling the pipeline of leaders and senior managers. As a result, leadership assessment tools, high-potential identifiers, leadership training,...
by Kim McGinnis | Feb 3, 2019 | Leadership, Legal, Personality, Pre-Employment Testing
Work attitude is the key to job success. Just ask anyone – employers, trainers, researchers and employees alike will, without hesitation, agree. E.A.S.I-Consult® has long supported the well-known adage that smart employers “hire for attitude and train for skills.” But...
by Kim McGinnis | Feb 3, 2019 | Coaching & Mentoring, Learning Agility, Personality, Pre-Employment Testing
This is the third in a series focusing on individual assessments. First and foremost, we wanted to describe what an individual assessment is. It is not an executive search although sometimes we work with a search firm who finds and does initial screening of...
by Kim McGinnis | Dec 3, 2018 | Coaching & Mentoring, Learning Agility, Pre-Employment Testing
This is the second article in a series about individual assessments. In my first article in this series, I discussed the elements you typically find in any assessment: job requirements; testing; and information about the person. So, the second element – the person –...
by Kim McGinnis | Dec 3, 2018 | Leadership, Pre-Employment Testing
You can probably already guess the most popular – or at least most widely used – method of hiring a new employee. In fact, research has shown it’s the most widely used across all countries, jobs and levels [1]. Considering its widespread use, it’s not surprising that,...
