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  • 1.  2 of 2: Job Fit - RIGHT PERSON--RIGHT JOB; GUESS OR KNOW

    Posted 04-20-1998 12:03
    Gregory:

    There are about 20,000 corporate users of the Prevue Assessment which is
    our job fit assessment.

    Bob

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    Job Fit - RIGHT PERSON--RIGHT JOB; GUESS OR KNOW,
    The Breakthrough Technologies of Performance Information
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    Skills are necessary, but not sufficient to predict future
    success on the job. What is missing? The answer is Job Fit--
    does the applicant have the right combination of mental
    abilities, personal interests and personality traits to
    allow success on the job? Very few managers can do this
    type of assessment without very expensive professional
    assistance, until recently.

    These ideas are derived from
    "RIGHT PERSON-RIGHT JOB; GUESS OR KNOW,
    The Breakthrough Technologies of Performance
    Information" by Chuck Russell.

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    || * || Skills *
    || * || Match *
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    1 - COMPANY FIT is determined by:

    1 - Drug Testing
    2 - Integrity Testing
    3 - Honesty Testing
    4 - Interviewing

    2 - SKILLS MATCH can be assessed through:

    1 - Educational Background
    2 - Work History
    3 - Objective Skills Testing
    4 - Reference Checking

    3 - JOB FIT is determined by three elements:

    1 - Cognitive Ability
    2 - Interests
    3 - Measurable Dynamics of Personality


    ///// Indicates job applicants who have
    ///// Company Fit, Skills Match and Job Fit.

    Few managers can determine Job Fit so what they evaluate
    is the applicant’s qualifications, education, etc., but
    not Job Fit. The contents of this memo is derived from the
    book RIGHT PERSON-RIGHT JOB; GUESS OR KNOW, The Breakthrough
    Technologies of Performance Information by Chuck Russell.
    On page 25 Mr. Russell writes:

    "Job Fit is the degree to which the candidate’s
    cognitive abilities, interests, and personality
    dynamics fit those required by the position."

    You can see by the overlapping three boxes, see above,
    that unless we consider Job Fit our pool of acceptable
    candidates will include many applicants who will not be
    successful because they lack Job Fit. According to the
    Job Fit concept only about 1/3 of the otherwise qualified
    applicants have Job Fit based on the success traits
    required for most positions. The other 2/3 include
    the obvious misfits and the less obvious
    future non-performers.

    The misfits and non-performers are about equal
    in number (1/3 each) but only the obvious misfits
    are readily excluded in the screening process.
    Therefore, we have reduced the pool of acceptable
    applicants by 1/3, i.e., the obvious misfits, and
    we are left with the 1/3 future non-performers and
    the 1/3 with Job Fit. Or stated another way, the
    pool of acceptable candidates consists of two equal
    sized groups: applicants with Job Fit and the
    future nonperformers. Since most managers cannot
    distinguish between the two groups the failure
    rate in hiring is 50% or more with some studies
    indicating failure rates approaching 70% for
    critical positions.

    Now consider the Peter Principle and the tendency
    of managers to hire and promote people who are like
    themselves and we see that the percentage of applicants
    with Job Fit gets smaller and smaller. Companies must
    break out of this downward spiral and start hiring and
    promoting and selecting people who have Job Fit for
    the job. Unless the best people are selected for our
    positions there is little hope for improvement.

    Finally, the best technical employees seldom make
    the best managers, therefore a sea change in thinking
    must be accomplished in most companies. Be forewarned,
    however, that it may be impossible for some managers
    to admit to themselves and others that they may have
    been selected for their position based on inadequate
    criteria, i.e., technical excellence and speaking
    ability.

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