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Pre-Employment Testing:
Everybody's Doing It
In an October 2000
survey, HR Executive polled human resources managers
and executives from 283 large and medium-sized
U.S. businesses and organizations about their
use of pre-employment assessments.
- More than two-thirds (69%) reported that some
form of testing was used to screen applicants.
- More than a third of the companies that used
tests included personality and/or psychological-attitudinal
tests.
- More than 75% of respondents called the results
of such tests either "critical" or
"important" in making hiring decisions.
- Respondents also rated such testing highly
effective in identifying the best candidates
for jobs and in improving overall job performance,
company productivity, employee retention, and
the fairness of hiring practices.
- Perhaps the most interesting result, given
the current economic downswing, was a question
about the then-tight labor market. More than
75% responded that the shortage of employees
made no difference at all in their companies'
pre-employment testing. With growing numbers
of qualified employees looking for jobs in 2001
and 2002, the emphasis on such testing can only
increase.
View
the complete results of the survey.
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