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The document explains that these tools aim to identify job-relevant characteristics, such as leadership capacity, decision-making, problem-solving, delegation styles, and how candidates handle people, while reducing bias from charisma and persuasive ability. 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Sometimes they are used only when the field is narrowed down to just a few candidates . Ira Wolfe, author and president of Success Performance Solutions, cites surveys that indicate more than 80 percent of Fortune 500s use assessments for executive positions and says that small businesses also use them . “Utilization, however, is growing,”Wolfe says .  \nExecutive recruiter Lorne Epstein, who conducts these screening procedures on behalf of his client employers, says the purpose of the pre-screens and assessments is to“assure the company is hiring a reliable and qualified manager/executive.” Epstein adds that because hiring decision-makers are “trusting the future of the company in [candidates’] hands with little or no direct experience of their professional ability,” testing prospective hires is good business . John M . Beane, president of Staff Development Services in Leland, NC, notes that an appropriate assessment can provide information about how well a candidate “can handle the tasks associated with the position and how will he or she handle the people.”  \n“Many companies are moving looking beyond just past credentials and past experience to using pre-hire assessments,” says Jan Margolis, founder and managing director of Metuchen, N .J . -based Applied Research Corporation,” which are more accurate predictors of future success or derailment in a new job and work culture .”  \nExperts also point to the objectivity of these methods and the notion that they prevent hiring decision-makers from being influenced by what Epstein calls “the candidate’s charisma or ability to persuade.”  \nThe use of pre-employment screenings and assessments has increased, Beane notes, because “as people have become better educated they have also become increasingly manipulative of their personal information .” Beane discounts the value of resumes because of “people taking credit for things they did not do or claim[ing] educational backgrounds that may not exist .” “A objective third-party assessment is a useful aid in selection decisions as it objectively identifies and describes the executive’s job-relevant characteristics, such as their personal style, ways of delegating, making decisions and problem-solving,” Margolis says . “It does not evaluate professional or technical qualifications, but rather, focuses on the executive’s  \ncapacity to lead and manage others effectively.”  \nAssessments may measure such areas as skills, behaviors, motivation, and attitudes, says Norm Bobay, president of hireMAX, Fort Worth, TX . Another area sometimes assessed is honesty and integrity. Among the types of pre-screens and assessments that employers may require are:  \n Predictive Index , which Epstein describes as “an online survey that tells me what type of person the candidate is and how he or she works with others as well as what’s going in his of her life now .  \n Kolbe A® Index , which measures a person’s instinctive method of operation, and identifies the ways he or she will be most productive.  \n Hogan Development Survey , identifies personality-based performance risks and derailers of interpersonal behavior that affect an individual’s leadership style and actions .  \n Myers-Briggs Type Indicator , is a well-known personality assessment, the use of which in hiring is controversial at best . The Myers-Briggs “is not intended for hiring or job-candidate selection, and … its use as a hiring tool is unethical,”says an article by Douglas P . Shuit on the Workforce Management Website, citing Michael Segovia, director of business development at CPP Inc . , publishers of the  \n MyersSimmon-Briggss Perso.nal Survey , which measures job-related emotional and behavioral ","cbCaipZLnTVOTKYR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipZLnTVOTKYR","pdf",95526,"English","# Pre-screening Purpose and Rationale\n## Reducing Bias and Improving Predictive Value\n# Assessment Domains and Selection Criteria\n## Skills, Behaviors, Motivation, Attitudes\n## Honesty and Integrity\n# Examples of Common Assessment Types\n## Predictive Index and Kolbe A® Index\n## Hogan, Myers-Briggs, and Work Personality Surveys\n## Executive Achiever, Profiles, and Caliper Profile\n## SmartAssessment, Five Factors, and DiSC\n## Values and Motivators and Management Dynamics Assessment\n## Questionnaires and Essay-Style Applications","[{\"question\":\"What is the main purpose of pre-screens and assessments in hiring?\",\"answer\":\"They help assure the company hires a reliable, qualified manager or executive by evaluating job-relevant capabilities and leadership fit.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do the document’s experts say assessments can be more useful than resumes?\",\"answer\":\"They argue resumes and self-reported information can be inflated or inaccurate, and assessments provide more objective, relevant information for selection decisions.\"},{\"question\":\"What areas can pre-employment assessments measure?\",\"answer\":\"Assessments may measure skills, behaviors, motivation, attitudes, and sometimes honesty and integrity, along with leadership-related personal style and problem-solving.\"}]","Handling Pre-employment Screenings and Assessments | PDF",1789754350]