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© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Hiring Decisions
• Sample comprised of 282 randomly selected HR professionals.
• Analyzing 282 response of 2,229 emails sent, 2,128 received (response rate = 13%)
• Survey fielded March 15 – 21, 2005; presentation generated on March 24, 2005.
• Margin of error is +/- 6%.
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Does your organization use or plan to use within the next 12 months the following methods to screen or
evaluate candidate-job fit?
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Behavioral interviews (job specific and prepared in advance)
55%
40%
5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Yes No Plan to
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Interviews with behaviorally anchored rating scales (answer keys used to evaluate candidate responses and rating methods that produce a numeric score)
24%
71%
5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
On-line, minimum qualifications screening questionnaires (questions that may knock candidates out of the recruiting process)
9%
68%
23%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Scorable job applications (numeric values placed on experience, skills, etc.)
83%
3%
14%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Biodata questionnaires (standardized questions on verifiable school/work history, reported in scales such as reliability, dependability, safety)
2%
86%
12%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
On-line, realistic job previews (RJP) (an overview of the job demands with questions to confirm interest in continuing the application process)
11%
84%
5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Organizational fit questionnaires (questions that evaluate company relevant factors such as team based, entrepreneurial, traditional, etc.)
3%
61%
36%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Skills testing (e.g., PC software, diagnostics, blue print reading, proof reading)
40%
8%
52%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Aptitude testing (e.g., problem solving, critical reasoning, etc.)
7%
67%
26%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Workstyle or occupational personality profiling (e.g., persuasiveness, detail orientation, conscientiousness, rule following, optimism, goal orientation, data rational, boredom proneness, etc.)
34%
61%
5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Yes No Plan to within 12month
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Situational judgment questionnaires (given a scenario - choose a response)
40%
56%
4%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Assessment centers (formal observation under controlled conditions)
7%
90%
3%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Simulations (Interactive experience that models job demands)
11%
85%
4%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Yes No Plan to with 12 months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Virtual job tryouts (completing on-line work samples)
5%
92%
3%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes No Plan to within 12months
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Does your organization use or plan to use within the next 12 months the following methods to screen or evaluate candidate-job fit?
Topic
Number of respondents
Yes No Plan to within 12 months
Behavioral interviews (job specific and prepared in advance)
282 55% 40% 5%
Interviews with behaviorally anchored rating scales (answer keys used to evaluate candidate responses and rating methods that produce a numeric score)
279 24% 71% 5%
On-line, minimum qualifications screening questionnaires (questions that may knock candidates out of the recruiting process)
280 23% 68% 9%
Scorable job applications (numeric values placed on experience, skills, etc.)
279 14% 83% 3%
Biodata questionnaires (standardized questions on verifiable school/work history, reported in scales such as reliability, dependability, safety)
279 12% 86% 2%
On-line, realistic job previews (RJP) (an overview of the job demands with questions to confirm interest in continuing the application process)
279 11% 84% 5%
Organizational fit questionnaires (questions that evaluate company relevant factors such as team based, entrepreneurial, traditional, etc.)
278 36% 61% 3%
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Does your organization use or plan to use within the next 12 months the following methods to screen or evaluate candidate-job fit? – Cont’d
Topic
Number of respondents
Yes No Plan to within 12 months
Skills testing (e.g., PC software, diagnostics, blue print reading, proof reading)
277 40% 52% 8%
Aptitude testing (e.g., problem solving, critical reasoning, etc.)
278 26% 67% 7%
Workstyle or occupational personality profiling (e.g., persuasiveness, detail orientation, conscientiousness, rule following, optimism, goal orientation, data rational, boredom proneness, etc.)
281 34% 61% 5%
Situational judgment questionnaires (given a scenario - choose a response)
278 40% 56% 4%
Assessment centers (formal observation under controlled conditions)
275 7% 90% 3%
Simulations (Interactive experience that models job demands)
276 11% 85% 4%
Virtual job tryouts (completing on-line work samples)
279 5% 92% 3%
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Approximately how many new hires (exempt and non-exempt) were made at your location in 2004?
27%
12%
21%
11%14%
6%9%
0%
10%
20%
30%
12 o
r les
s em
ploye
es
13 to
24
emplo
yees
25 to
50
emplo
yees
51 to
100
em
ploye
es
101
to 2
50 e
mpl
oyees
251
to 5
00 e
mpl
oyees
500
or more
emplo
yees
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
How many employees are at your location?
33%
41%
26%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
0 to 99 employees 100 to 499 employees 500 or moreemployees
© 2005 SHRM
SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 15, 2005
Look for a White Paper covering additional analysis on data from this weekly survey by
the Workforce Staffing and Deployment Panel in summer 2005.
http://www.shrm.org/whitepapers/