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The U.S. Department of Labor stipulates that if hiring managers administer assessments to candidates, the results of the assessments cannot represent more than 33% of the decision to hire or not hire.  That means at least 67% of a hiring manager’s decision to hire or not hire must consist of other screening activities.  What are the activities in your screening process and how are they weighted?

Below are the steps and percentages we suggest our clients follow in their selection process:

1. Phone screen (salary and basic skills fit) – 5%
2. Core values email (values and writing skills fit) – 10%
3. First interview (skills, experience, culture fit) – 20%
4. Assessment results (personal skills, behaviors, culture, critical thinking fit) – 20%
5. Reference checks (screening concerns addressed) – 10%
6. Follow-up interviews (screening and reference concerns addressed) – 20%
7. Handle selection process (project management skills demonstrated) – 15%

While being in legal compliance is important, the reality is there is a strong business case to have multiple steps in a selection process.  No assessment is 100% accurate because humans are more complex than any one, two, or three assessments; however they are a great basis from which to create exploratory conversations — with the candidate AND references.  It’s equally important to see how a candidate does moving through a process and not just in each specific step in the process.

Empower your hiring managers to consider many aspects when hiring and you’ll make more successful hires.

This entry was posted on August 27, 2012 at 1:03 pm and is filed under Leadership, Selection. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.