Inside a Job-Specific Assessment (No Psych Jargon Required)
A plain English look at what’s actually in a job-specific assessment — and why each part matters There’s a lot of mystique surrounding “assessments.” People picture buzzwords, obscure scoring methods, and personality theories. The reality is much simpler—and more practical. A job-specific assessment done the Scheig way is simply a thoughtful, straightforward way to […]
The Hidden Legal Risk of Subjective Hiring
Subjective hiring exposes the organization to legal and compliance risks. Why subjectivity is indefensible — and how objective, content, and criterion-valid job-specific assessments protect organizations Hiring involves emotional effort. Hiring managers seek confidence, while candidates aim to display it. However, beneath stories and good intentions lies a legal challenge: subjective hiring can put the […]
Why Scheig’s Assessments are Valid, Accurate, and Worth Trusting
SelectRight™ assessments replace guesswork with proven prediction. Organizations hire based on hope more often than they admit. A polished résumé, a confident interview, a relevant credential — they all ease uncertainty. But they do not, reliably, predict who will perform consistently over time. Scheig’s assessment methodology goes beyond guesswork to deliver proven predictions. Built […]
A Job Success Profile
The Job Success Profile™ changes the hiring conversation Every organization already has a blueprint for success — it’s embedded in how your top performers do their work. Every employer considers “what the job is.” Few organizations have a clear, objective answer to the tougher question: how do the people who truly succeed in that […]
Turn Personality Tests on Their Head: Measure the Job, Not the Trait
Measure what people actually do on the job — not which trait label they earn in a survey Personality = abstract. Behavior = predictive. Here’s a simple rule: if it won’t change the outcome on the job, it shouldn’t change your hiring decision. Hiring teams love tidy labels. Personality tests give them neat categories […]
Why Even the Most Technical Jobs Are Only ~30% Technical, and How to Turn the Remaining 70% Into Hirable Evidence
Credentials confirm who can, job behaviors reveals who should The 30% Problem You’ve seen it before: two candidates arrive with the same license, the same certificates, and similar résumés. One becomes a steady contributor; the other becomes a recurring problem. That gap is the 30% problem: roughly 30% of a job’s predictable success is […]
Hire for Behaviors, Train for Skills
Hire for Behaviors, Train for Skills Why Scheig’s Behavior-first Method — Combined with a Test-and-Measure Discipline — Turns Hiring from a Coin Flip into Predictable Performance There’s a tempting logic in hiring: credentials prove competence, résumés show exposure, and interviews reveal fit. But Scheig’s research is clear and firm: these inputs can only take […]
When Credential Isn’t the Difference: Why Job Behaviors Distinguish the Truly Skilled from the Just Qualified
Technical competence — the “can they?” — is essential but often only a small part of the performance picture. A license, certification, or credential clearly shows that this person has passed a standardized test or completed required training. A résumé, on the other hand, indicates where someone has worked and what they have been […]
The Real Cost of a Bad Hire and Why It’s Bigger Than Your Budget Line
The true cost of a bad hire exceeds a single budget line because it affects your people, processes, and customers. Bad hires aren’t just a line item on a spreadsheet. They ripple through productivity, culture, compliance, and customer experience, while their costs add up faster than most leaders realize. If you’re an HR director, […]
Interviews are Roughly a 50/50 Bet and Behavior Explains Why
Scheig doesn’t dismiss interviews, it redefines them as one tool among others that must align with the job’s behaviors Scheig’s research is clear: when hiring teams mainly rely on interviews to predict job success, their chances are about 50/50 — like flipping a coin. Sometimes, the odds are even worse. This pattern is most […]