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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Eric Friedman is the Founder and CEO of eSkill, a global leader in skills testing and behavioral assessment solutions for employers. As employers seek ways to hire more effectively, testing for the ...

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 ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Over the past several years, employment exams have become an integral part of the job search ...

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Widespread workplace drug testing — a uniquely American phenomenon — has generated controversy ever since Ronald Reagan pushed hard for it back in the 1980s. On the one hand, opponents see it as an ...