Improve Your Employee Hiring and Screening Practices

Did you know that an estimated two-thirds of- Accommodating
employee hiring decisions may be mistakes? This- Independence
article will provide you with information that can help- Objective judgment
you improve your employee hiring and screening- Enterprising
practices so that you can cut costs and maximize- Financial
productivity in your organization. Whether you're an- People service
owner, an executive or a manager, the following- Creative
information will be beneficial to you.- Technical
From your experience you know you have hired some- Mechanical
excellent employees and some who failed. Now takeThis data is used to create a unique Job Fit profile that
a moment and think back. Did you use the samelays the foundation for the skills and characteristics
employee screening method to hire both? Typically werequired by your company for screening and hiring
find that employers do employ the same methods fortalented people.
each position. This suggests that your existingWith the job profile analysis, multiple managers have
employee selection process may produce inconsistentthe ability to weigh their opinions and express views
hiring results.regarding a specific position. Once the 57-question
Assessments are invaluable employee screening toolsanalysis has been completed, managers' responses
for increasing consistency in your employee selectionare entered into the assessment center for
system. What makes them so invaluable? Job Fitprocessing. The result is a unique Job Fit profile.
technology. By combining tested and reliable dataIn addition to providing information about a candidate's
derived from pre-employment screening assessmentspersonality type and behavioral characteristics, the Job
with a customized job analysis survey, you can createFit Assessment will provide customized, tough
a benchmark by which you can hire an employee whointerview questions that are prepared specifically for a
best fits your job and company.particular candidate based on their assessment results.
How does it Job Fit technology work? Based onThese Department of Labor approved, specific
objective criteria, the management team selects topinterview questions can be used in the second
performers in a given position. The top performinginterview. This gives managers a critical advantage in
employees are assessed on their mental ability,the hiring process.
behavioral traits and occupational interest, which includeIncluding Job Fit as a key factor in your employee hiring
the following 20 core characteristics:and screening process will make your allocation of
- Learning indexhuman capital significantly more effective and give you
- Verbal skilla competitive edge in your industry as you increase
- Verbal reasoningconsistency and success in hiring talented employees.
- Numerical abilityMatching people with the work they do creates a solid
- Numeric reasoningworkforce that has the right people in the jobs they
- Energy levelwere born to do.
- AssertivenessMost employee hiring decisions are made with
- Sociabilityinadequate information; however, assessments will
- Manageabilitydeliver the information you need to know before
- Attitudetendering a job offer and making a hiring mistake.
- Decisiveness