Assessing Federal Job Seekers in a Delegated Examining Environment.

摘要

One of the most important jobs of any Federal manager is deciding whom to hire. Federal managers are as interested as their private sector counterparts in hiring the best employees possible, and have an additional incentive to do so since they work in an environment that by law must be based on merit. While much has been written about the need for effective recruitment efforts in building a quality workforce, how one determines which candidate to hire from among those recruited may be of equal or greater importance. This study examines the approaches most often used to assess job candidates under the Federal merit-based hiring system. It finds that these approaches are not all equally effective. The report conclude with recommendations for improving the ability of Federal agencies to identify those job applicants best matched to the requirements of the jobs being filled and the needs of the Federal service.