Recent studies by TTI Performance Systems, Ltd. indicated that by the year 2005 sixty-five percent of these companies will rely on this approach. Assessment tools are the smart way to work. The return on investment with these hiring tools will repay you many times over. The expenses saved by reducing new hire training and hiring costs in general drop right to the bottom line. A case settled in California this past year stated very plainly that you couldn't use a test for hiring unless it has application for the position itself.
Testing is legal.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection of 1978 provides guidelines for using testing to make hiring decisions. If the tests are job relevant, reliable, valid, and used consistently without discrimination the results are safe and predictive. The key element is to use an empirical approach to selection and hiring. You redirect the focus away from the employee alone. You must first understand how the current business culture affects all types of employee behaviors.