Around 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies use personality tests such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to assess their employees for the purpose of coaching, development, and team building.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 80% of the Fortune 500 use personality tests, with more than 80 million Americans completing an employment-related quiz ...

It’s common in many workplaces these days to encounter some kind of personality or “work style” assessment. Many employers ask employees to take these assessments to get a better sense of optimal work ...

Lori Landrum currently leads the HR and marketing functions at Heights Tower Service, Inc., a national leader in turnkey tower construction. Unpopular perspective: Personality assessments, aptitude ...

Wonder why some people take charge, while others working quietly behind the scenes? The answer might lie in the 4 animal personality types test.

From good old Myers-Briggs to describing people in the form of colors or animals, some 100 million workers take personality tests each year. Their appeal is both potent and obvious: The idea is that ...

People with cancer, heart disease and other conditions have come to expect treatments that their medical teams “personalize” just for them, based on tests. But care for mental health conditions hasn’t ...

A new study suggests that it might be possible to personalize care for people with bipolar disorder, using the results of detailed personality tests. It finds that such tests might help identify ...