Episode 38: Dr. Charles Handler, President of Rocket-Hire

Dr. Charles Handler is the President and Founder of Rocket-Hire. Rocket-Hire is a consulting firm that provides expertise in all areas related to pre-employment screening, testing, and assessment products.

Dr. Handler specializes in creating selective, legally defensible employee selection systems and has used this knowledge to create and enhance Rocket-Hire. He has worked with a variety of organizations and prides himself on using sound science and innovation in order to help these organizations successfully tackle the hiring process.

Join us for a fascinating conversation about the current state of recruitment and where we may be headed in the future.

Topics:

• How Dr. Handler moved from Psychology to Recruiting

• Having self-awareness and emotional control

• Recent experiences with administering professional evaluations

• Understanding what human characteristics are useful in a given job or profession

• Sifting through applicants who aren’t on an extreme end of the hiring spectrum

• Removing subjectivity from the hiring process

• His ideas about the future of recruiting

Quotes:

“The business aspect of things really appealed to me, so that’s how I got going.” -Dr. Handler

“We used our instincts and our training to develop a profile; then we get confirmation of that profile with data and numbers.” -Dr. Handler

“I think there’s going to be a point where...[AI] can make better decisions than people can…” -Dr. Handler

Resources:

Rocket-Hire

Dr. Handler on Twitter

The Emotionally Intelligent Recruiter