PITTSBURGH, July 12, 2006 - Finding and employing the best people for your company does not have to be a time-consuming, costly venture if you employ the right set of tools. Dr. Matthew O'Connell, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of Select International, Inc., a global provider of human resource assessment solutions, will demonstrate how integrating a specific set of selection tools can help you achieve hiring success. On Thursday, July 27, 2006, Dr. O´Connell will host "Avoid Bad Hires - Systems & Tools for Effective Hiring," an audio conference presented by Human Capital ®. The conference is scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT.
"Using a single tool to select and employ the best people for your organization simply does not work," noted Dr. O´Connell, who also co-authored the best-selling book, Hiring Great People. "You need to employ a number of carefully selected tools that work as a unit so you can create an effective, legally defensible selection process."
"Avoid Bad Hires - Systems & Tools for Effective Hiring" is custom-tailored for human resources managers who want to improve their hiring process. It will demonstrate some of the available hiring tools and how they work together. The conference will also offer testimonials from benchmark companies who are employing such methods and are achieving success with them.
This Human Capital ® event is approved for the following:
For more information on the audio conference or to register, visit www.selectinternational.com/events.
About Matthew O´Connell
Dr. Matthew O'Connell, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, Select International, Inc., is a leader in the field of psychometric testing and selection system design. Over the past 15 years, he has been a driving force when it comes to designing, evaluating and integrating selection tools into systems that meet the specific needs of world-class companies. Dr. O'Connell has developed selection systems that have assessed more than three million people worldwide at more than 200 organizations.
Dr. O´Connell is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and is actively involved in applied research. He is a frequent presenter at professional conferences and is the author or co-author of more than 70 articles or book chapters on selection and assessment, leadership, and work teams in such periodicals as Human Performance and the Journal of Business and Psychology. Dr. O´Connell is a national Best Paper award winner for the Academy of Management. He is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Inc. (SIOP).
Prior to co-founding Select International, O´Connell was a Senior Consultant at Development Dimensions International (DDI). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Akron and his B.A. in Psychology from Earlham College.
About Select International
Select International, the nation´s premier assessment expert, specializes exclusively in system design and consulting services for employee selection and development. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Select maintains offices in Dallas, San Diego, Toronto, Mexico and London. The company has assessed approximately three million people in over 80 countries. For more information about Select International´s products or services, call 1-800-786-8595 or visit www.selectinternational.com.