Welcome to the March 15, 2006 issue of The Total View

Published by Success Performance Solutions, Written by Ira S. Wolfe

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What's Inside:

1.   Survey Results: Who Should HR Report To?

Ninety-five human resource professionals and Total View subscribers responded to a Total View survey during the period February 22, 2006 to March 12, 2006.

An overwhelming eight two (82) percent identified the CEO as the senior executive to whom HR should report.

Eleven (11) percent suggested the COO and six (6) percent chose other. Zero (0) percent selected the CFO, which ironically oversees the HR function in many organizations.

Read the comments offered by the respondents.

2.  Perfect Labor Storm Alerts # 511 to 512

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Fact #511:  In the U.S., arthritis is the leading cause of lost workdays, and some 60% of persons older than age 65 years have at least some symptoms of the disease. Costs of more than $60 billion a year in lost productivity -more often from reduced job performance than absenteeism-are estimated for workers in the U.S. with back pain, arthritis, and other muscle and joint pain.

Fact #512:   Depression is responsible for about 15% of the global disease burden and is an important cause of disability, impaired work performance, and reduced quality of life. Recent research found that the absenteeism rate in untreated patients was 70.2%, whereas the rate was 39.8% for those who were treated.

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3. Hiring Smart Thinkers

There are specific cognitive aptitudes that to a large extent determine whether an executive succeeds or fails.

Researchers have been enamored with attributes, such as personality and style, and only tangentially concerned with cognitive skills, which determines the capacity of an individual to figure out quickly what is going on. Cognitive skills really measure “smartness”, the intellectual ability to do the job. Cognitive skills don’t determine success in school but the type of intelligence specific to success in the workplace.

According to their research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2004), Frank Schmidt and John Hunter showed that cognitive ability tests predict occupational performance better any other ability, trait, or disposition and better than job experience.

For more about testing cognitive skills.

For more about TotalView Assessment and ASSESS.

4.   Quotes from Hire Authorities

There is no twilight zone of honesty in business. A thing is right or it's wrong. It's black or it's white.

John F. Dodge

5.   CandidClues™: The cost effective solution to curb absenteesism and employee theft.

There is wide-spread concern about the honesty and integrity of employees. Most organizations have serious problems of pilferage, absenteeism, tardiness, employee disagreements that lead to violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and computer misuse. The annual loss from these counterproductive behaviors is estimated in the billions of dollars. There was a clear need for a brief assessment that could be used as part of the pre-employment screening process. CandidClues™ was developed to meet that need.

CandidClues™ assesses six areas of potentially counterproductive behaviors by a self-descriptive inventory that taps six substantive areas of concern as well a Good Impression (validity) scale.

Hostility
Conscientiousness
Integrity
Substance Abuse
Sexual Harassment
Computer Misuse

To learn more about CandidClues and view a sample report.

6.   Clues Makes "HR's Job A Snap"

Our candidate discovery and interview process is a critical component to both our treatment and growth model. Producing consistent treatment results for patients starts with placing quality doctors. Since Airrosti has no shortage of interested candidates it affords us to be particularly analytical about whom we hire.

We have field tested countless Fortune 500 testing models and your testing solutions by far exceeds them all! Not only did you match us with the right industry specific tests (that simply have blown the competition away), but you have also delivered testing logistics that make our HR Department's job a snap.

Thanks for all your help in making our selection process that much better.

Regards,   Sean Tipton, Airrosti Center, Inc., www.airroti.com