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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Organizations across all industries are struggling to find qualified candidates, and many ...

Pre-employment drug testing can feel overwhelming for many employers. What are the rules? Do certain drugs matter more? What doesn’t matter at all? What can you let slide? The hard part is that ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

For employers, the latest statewide test scores for high school students in our area are not very encouraging. In fact, an employer of high school graduates might think that this would be a good time ...

Looking for a job in the new year? The recent election brought about a confusing new twist for many job seekers in states where marijuana is now legal. How do you handle a pre-employment drug ...

Policies that encourage drug testing potential employees are not, generally speaking, viewed as means for achieving greater racial equality. As the ACLU states on its website (emphasis added), "Not ...