Ken ByrneDr. Ken Byrne has been in full-time independent practice asa corporate psychologist since 1979. His clients have rangedfrom large multinationals to small businesses. Over the last fortyyears, he has personally evaluated more than three thousand jobaplicants ranging from candidates for CEO and other senior executiveroles, middle management, technical roles and entry levelstaff.In the mid-1980s, Dr. Byrne became interested in the selectionchallenges faced by public safety groups, such as police, firebrigades, ambulance, corrective services, and other similar organizations.This led to his developing a personality questionnairedesigned specifically for public safety applicants. This allowed clientsto screen large groups of people and then to use an empiricallyderived formula to rate the level of risk each applicant posed.Candidates the agency decided to advance to interview were furtherscreened with a highly specialized series of interview tools.In about 2005, Dr. Byrne became interested in the screening ofpeople to work in aged care and disability services. This led him todevelop a brief personality screening test and interview guides forapplicants to these critical roles.Dr. Byrne has also headed several research studies to validateand norm each of these specialized screening tools. This resultedin publication of numerous long-term follow-up studies of peoplewho had been screened, comparing them to groups hired withoutthis specialized assessment.His experience and expertise in evaluating candidates has ledto him being indirectly involved in hiring decisions of thousandsof other people in the broad public safety area.Dr. Byrne completed Bachelor's and Master's degrees inClinical Psychology and earned a Doctor of Psychology degreefrom Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He started incorporate psychology with the Hay Group in their Philadelphiahead office before beginning his private consulting practice.Dr. Byrne is well known for his lively, entertaining and informativetalks and training seminars.He can be contacted at www.drkenbyrne.com Read More Read Less