Assessing & Evaluating Finalists for a HR Position

The basic building block of any evaluation process of a future employee is the resume. A resume should contain complete educational and work experience and should highlight any major accomplishments, promotions, skills, credentials, or certifications that the applicant can present. The resume should be concise and to the point, while highlighting the strengths of the candidate in a manner designed to match a candidate to a specific position.

A cognitive ability test is used in employment assessment in order to gain an overview of the general cognitive skills or deficits that the job candidate possesses. Cognitive ability tests should be considered, according to Ivancevich (1998), as a single element within a more comprehensive evaluation and assessment process. This is because cognitive ability tests tap only a select range of abilities which may or may not be related directly to the job.

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