The NCRC Value for Employers

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The NCRC Value for

Employers

December 15, 2010

Bill Guest

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Employer Use of the NCRC:• What the NCRC is• What the NCRC is not• How to use it correctly

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The Best People are Willing and Able to do the work that needs to be done.

• What evidence should you include in your hiring process so that you hire the best people?

• What evidence is highly predictive of workplace performance?

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Cognitive Skills(Able)

Behavioral Skills(Willing)

NCRC

• Content Areas:• Reading for Information• Applied Mathematics• Locating Information

• Reasoning Areas:• Critical Thinking• Problem Solving

Personal Skills Assessments

• Performance• Work Attitudes• Potential for Unsafe Behavior

• Talent• Personal Traits Linked to Performance• Compound Trait Indices

• Teamwork• Customer Service• Managerial Skills• Work Discipline

• Fit• Work-Related Interests• Values Aligned to Job Fit

The Best People are Willing and Able

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Evidence-Based Hiring Process

“Employers work to make things predictable, uniform, and certain. Predictability, uniformity, and certainty are universal goals of

executives. The NCRC does this for the hiring process.”

Mac MacIlroy, Past PresidentMichigan Manufacturing Association, 2008

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No one is going to push top talent in your door. You need to manage your talent supply chain just like

any other supply chain.

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Employers

Secondary(9-12) 4-Year

Post Secondary

Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 1 Tier 1 OEM

RegionalTalent SCM

2-YearPost

Secondary

Primary(K-8)

CTE

AdultLearning

Workforce Development System

Corrections DHS

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Pre-K EmployerPrimary(K-8)

Secondary(9-12)

PostSecondary

(Various)

Tier 4 Tier 3 Tier 2 Tier 1 OEM

The Talent Supply Chain

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Pre-K EmployerPrimary(K-8)

Secondary(9-12)

PostSecondary

(Various)

? - Evidence-Based Hiring and Promotion• Evidence of Cognitive Skills

o Reading, Math, etc.o Reasoning – Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

• Evidence of Behaviorso Integrityo Personality Traits and Characteristicso Interests & Values

• Evidence of Work-Related Content Knowledgeo Degrees, Licenses, Certificates

• Evidence of Personal Responsibilityo Resume, Career Plan, Education Plan

• Analysis to Correlate Competency Evidence to Outcomeso Valid Reliable Performance Feedback

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A “Ready for Work” Skills Currency

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Essential Skillsbased on Analysis of 5,760 JobsSeptember 2003 to August 2008

Certificate Skills

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DataInformationIntelligence

KnowledgeWisdom

Data Information Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom

Cognitive Skills

NCRC Skills

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Use the Instruction

Manual

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Talent Supply-Chain

Regional Collaboration

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