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Episode #6: Best Practices in The Hiring Process
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"Best Practices in the Hiring Process" is episode 6 of the 'Testing, Testing 1-2-3' podcast by TestGenius and Biddle Consulting Group. Hosts Jenny Arnez and Mike Callen discuss pre-employment testing and hiring best practices, highlighting a specific client case about Acme County's concerns regarding adverse impact in their hiring process, and explore essential concepts such as job analysis, validation processes, and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.
The hosts also shed light on content and criterion validation, and the importance of face validity in recruitment. Emphasizing the need for defensible and job-related cutoff scores, the episode provides actionable insights to create a fair, effective, and legally sound hiring process.
If your time is limited, we have marked some sections that may be of interest to you (and where they can be found in the podcast). Feel free to skip ahead:
01:32 Client Scenario: Acme County's Hiring Concerns
02:26 Mike's Advice on Recruitment Consistency
05:19 The Importance of Job Analysis
09:05 Understanding Tests in the Recruitment Process
12:17 Addressing Adverse Impact in Hiring
18:37 Legal Guidelines and Validation Processes
20:33 TestGenius Validation Wizard Explained
28:02 Performance Differentiation in Testing
32:01 Holistic Recruitment Strategy
33:09 Defensibility and Utility in Recruitment
35:33 Validation Process and Its Importance
35:53 Technological Changes in Job Roles
37:26 Content Validity and Criterion Validity
40:34 Personality Tests and Criterion Validation
46:56 Face Validity in Testing
53:27 Multifaceted Testing Strategy
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