Assessing people for jobs is the most important task for any organization, as it determines new hire performance and the organization's success. High quality assessment enables better hiring decisions, reducing costs from poor training and development. Effective assessment also improves employee development.
The first challenge is fully understanding the job and identifying key success factors. Without this, assessment cannot be effective. Assessing candidates on eligibility and suitability is complex, requiring research on how different levels of each factor impact performance. Interviews alone cannot accurately assess suitability, as interviewers lack detailed job formulas and are biased. Personality assessments also cannot predict job performance as they were not designed for the workplace.
Effective job behavior assessments measure over 100 traits, are work