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Choosing The Right Assessment
How do I identify the specific assessments that fit a specific job?
What are the different types of assessments?
What should I look for in an assessment?
How do I identify the specific assessments that fit a specific job?
Once
you have a clear understanding of the job, you should select the
elements of the job that are most related to performance and are
difficult to teach a person once they are on the job. When you have
this list, you'll be amazed at how many different assessments are
available. With Brainbench, you should start with our Hiring Products
Overview, then download the PDF version of our Assessment Catalog (350 KB).
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What are the different types of assessments?
For a simple and concise
description of the different types of pre-hire assessments available,
please refer to our Hiring Products
Overview.
What should I look for in an assessment?
Use the following criteria to
evaluate any assessment:
- Does the assessment measure an attribute that is clearly related to performance on the specific job and is difficult to train once the person is on the job?
- Are the results of the assessment easy for hiring managers to understand and interpret?
- Is the assessment easy to administer and not overly burdensome on the candidate or the administrator?
- Has the assessment been constructed by a responsible party in accordance with professional standards, to include collection of reliability data, validity evidence, and disparate impact data?
- Is a technical manual detailing the construction and validation approach, as well as recommended use procedures available?
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