Sex, Lies and Video Tapes – Identify Bad Attitude Before You Hire it
deck” with regard to improper behaviour.
If bad or unlawful attitudes are potential risk-points within your organisation, then get some testing done as a condition of pre-employment. There are several quick, affordable and effective tools for pre-screening on sexual harassment, computer misuse, hostility, drugs, alcohol abuse and theft. Would an investment of around be well worth saving the potential loss down the road?
If you want to protect yourself with future employee appointments, consider applying a validated pre-employment psychometric test. An ounce of prevention (attitudes testing) may be worth more than the pound of cure (lengthy and possibly expensive termination proceedings).
Brent Lawrence contributed to this article – he holds an MBA in International Marketing and Finance from Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management. He is currently Operations Manager at AssessSystems Ltd.
Rob McKay MA(Hons) is an Industrial/Organisational Psychologist and Director of AssessSystems Aust/NZ Ltd. His company specialises in employee assessment for selection, development and performance appraisal. Rob has over 30 years of practical hands on business experience.
He can be contacted on +64 9 414 6030 [email protected] – For general information go to www.assess.co.nz – For weekly delivery of articles like the above, plus our free 4 part mini course on hiring, subscribe now at – www.assessnewsletter.com
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