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View all featured posts, articles by Rudy Crous, (Corporate Psychologist, Compono CEO and Co-founder), or filter below for your desired topic.

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Recruitment's most expensive habit: selling culture we can't measure

For years, recruitment has sold clients a deep read on their culture. Most of the time, we couldn't back it up. Not because recruiters are lazy or...

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Why We Do Not Start With Proctoring

When customers ask why an assessment platform does not automatically include proctoring, the question usually comes from a good place.

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It was never about remote. It's about flexible work.

The return-to-office mandate debate has mostly gone quiet. Now that it has, here's my two cents: I think most of it missed the point.

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Part 5: Cognitive Load: Do Not Make the Assessment Hard for the Wrong Reason

This is Part 5 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series....

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Part 10: Assessment Design Is Decision Design

This is Part 10 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series.

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Part 9: Data Design: If You Only Design for a Score, You Only Get a Score

This is Part 9 of the 'Better Assessment Design Series: Why Good Tests Are About More Than Questions and Scores.' Click here for more in the series.

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7 Free Personality Tests for Employees to Boost Engagement

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The complete guide to employee onboarding: best practices for 2025

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What is a Job Description? Understanding Its Importance and Components

A job description is a formal document that sets out a role's purpose, essential duties,...
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HRIS system: complete guide to human resource information systems

An HRIS (human resource information system) is software that stores all employee data and automates...
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Understanding Performance Evaluation Bias for HR Managers

Last reviewed August 2026 Bias in performance appraisal is a systematic error in judgement that...
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