A Quick Guide to Human Resource Testing

Author(s): Marian Power

Publisher: ACER Press 2004

A Quick Guide to Human Resource Testing

is a quick reference guide for human resource (HR) practitioners who use or plan to use assessment instruments in any context. It includes explanations, tips, case studies and suggestions to help practitioners get the most out of their HR testing. Those in charge of recruiting and selecting new staff face a decision-making process that needs to be responsible in its implementation and to produce a positive and wide-ranging outcome. The cost of a wrong selection decision has been estimated to be anywhere between one and a half times and five times the salary of the job in question. Studies have shown that appropriate assessment tools enhance the chances of making good selection and recruitment decisions. Testing is also important to the HR practitioner in a variety of other contexts, including team building, change management and ongoing organisational needs. Good practice and appropriate use of tests are as vital to these areas as they are in the selection and recruitment of staff.

Features

• Quick and easy to understand, written by psychologist and HR consultant Marian Power
• Ideal as an introduction or refresher guide to testing for HR practitioners
• Helps practitioners form a solid base for sound testing practice
• Suggests which tests to use in particular selection contexts

About the Author

Marian Power is a psychologist who provides consultancy advice and training to clients in the human resources, career planning and psychology domains. She has a Master of Arts in Applied Psychology, a Graduate Diploma in Careers Education and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, the College of Organisational Psychologists, the Australian Association for Psychological Type, the Australian Human Resources Institute, and the Australian Association of Careers Counsellors.

Price: $24.95  
ISBN: 0864314582