Be Careful Relying on Experience
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What to Do With an Eager, Highly Qualified Applicant Pool When You're Not Hiring
High employment is good in most ways, but if you are trying to attract applicants, it's a very tough market.
Learn from the City of New Haven Supreme Court Case
It is expected that the Supreme Court will soon make a ruling in the alleged case of reverse discrimination within the City of New Haven promotional process.
Performance Evaluations
Are your performance evaluations too generic?
Free Public Safety Job Postings
Did you know that Ergometrics will post your public safety jobs online to thousands of qualified candidates for free?
Multiple-Choice Promotional Exam Case Study
Paper and pencil multiple-choice promotional exams, designed to measure knowledge of job pertinent reference material, are often a source of contention. Often referred to as "book tests", they are frequently challenged by candidates who feel they are either unfair or irrelevant to the work they perform every day. However, book referenced exams do not need to cause controversy.
Testing Security
As many of us know, keeping employment selection exams from being compromised takes effort. In May of 2011, a large City in Texas conducted an entry level testing session that, unfortunately, was later thought to be compromised.
(this article contains offensive language and content)
What to Do With an Eager, Highly Qualified Applicant Pool When You're Not Hiring
High employment is good in most ways, but if you are trying to attract applicants, it's a very tough market.
Learn from the City of New Haven Supreme Court Case
It is expected that the Supreme Court will soon make a ruling in the alleged case of reverse discrimination within the City of New Haven promotional process.
Performance Evaluations
Are your performance evaluations too generic?
Free Public Safety Job Postings
Did you know that Ergometrics will post your public safety jobs online to thousands of qualified candidates for free?
Multiple-Choice Promotional Exam Case Study
Paper and pencil multiple-choice promotional exams, designed to measure knowledge of job pertinent reference material, are often a source of contention. Often referred to as "book tests", they are frequently challenged by candidates who feel they are either unfair or irrelevant to the work they perform every day. However, book referenced exams do not need to cause controversy.
Testing Security
As many of us know, keeping employment selection exams from being compromised takes effort. In May of 2011, a large City in Texas conducted an entry level testing session that, unfortunately, was later thought to be compromised.
Tactical And Command Training (TAC Training)
Success on the fireground cannot be left to chance.
Including Past Performance in the Promotional Process
The use of past performance as an indicator of future success is on the rise.
Emerging Technologies in Simulation Testing
At Ergometrics we believe it is important to stay connected with current research and field developments in order to continually provide our clients with the best possible solutions.
New Haven Results Show Need for Simulation Testing
Wishing to avoid a lawsuit with minority fire promotional candidates, the City of New Haven landed in the awkward, no-win position of claiming that the promotional test it used was unfair.
National Testing Network Receives Flying Colors in CPAT Audit
Ergometrics is pleased to announce that one of their divisions, National Testing Network, has successfully completed a very stringent audit by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF). Last month NTN's testing headquarters in Everett, WA and their satellite location in St. Petersburg, FL both passed the IAFF audit of the CPAT with 100% compliance.
Pass Points - What You Should Know
It is evident that there have been a relatively large number of significant public safety court cases and rulings in the past few years regarding selection exams. Most recently, a federal appeals court has ruled that the Chicago Fire Department must hire 111 African American candidates who passed the firefighter entry level entrance exam back in 1995. Additionally, the department must pay out tens of millions of dollars to over 6,000 applicants who also passed the exam, but were not hired. As someone involved in testing, it is important for you to understand what happened in this situation.
Success on the fireground cannot be left to chance.
Including Past Performance in the Promotional Process
The use of past performance as an indicator of future success is on the rise.
Emerging Technologies in Simulation Testing
At Ergometrics we believe it is important to stay connected with current research and field developments in order to continually provide our clients with the best possible solutions.
New Haven Results Show Need for Simulation Testing
Wishing to avoid a lawsuit with minority fire promotional candidates, the City of New Haven landed in the awkward, no-win position of claiming that the promotional test it used was unfair.
National Testing Network Receives Flying Colors in CPAT Audit
Ergometrics is pleased to announce that one of their divisions, National Testing Network, has successfully completed a very stringent audit by the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF). Last month NTN's testing headquarters in Everett, WA and their satellite location in St. Petersburg, FL both passed the IAFF audit of the CPAT with 100% compliance.
Pass Points - What You Should Know
It is evident that there have been a relatively large number of significant public safety court cases and rulings in the past few years regarding selection exams. Most recently, a federal appeals court has ruled that the Chicago Fire Department must hire 111 African American candidates who passed the firefighter entry level entrance exam back in 1995. Additionally, the department must pay out tens of millions of dollars to over 6,000 applicants who also passed the exam, but were not hired. As someone involved in testing, it is important for you to understand what happened in this situation.
Training for High Functioning Organizations
What organization would not value the presence of higher performing employees, improved department functioning, and decreased time and resources spent on dealing with employee performance issues?
Lawsuit Free for 29 Years!
Ergometrics' simulation video-based tests have been given to millions of applicants, often in highly litigious settings and have never been legally challenged in over 29 years of Ergometrics' existence.
FIRE 20/20 Supports FireTeam Users with Free "Why I Chose Fire" Diversity Recruitment Video
Ergometrics strongly supports effort to increase diversity in public safety occupations.
National Testing Network Making Headlines
In February of 2011, National Testing Network (NTN), Ergometrics' applicant testing and recruitment service division, was featured in the following Fox News story. NTN provides public safety departments with extremely cost effective, efficient and consistent applicant recruitment and testing programs. Through partnerships with technical schools and community colleges, NTN's future goal is to have applicant testing and recruitment centers Nationwide. NTN currently operates in; AZ, CO, FL, GA, KS, OR, OH, NE and WA.
Ergometrics Client Survey
Earlier this year, Ergometrics released a client survey, to better understand how our customers gather industry information and use technology. We sincerely appreciated the response and have gained valuable insight from the feedback. To view the results of the survey, please click on the following link:
Survey Results*
* Requires Adobe Reader.
What organization would not value the presence of higher performing employees, improved department functioning, and decreased time and resources spent on dealing with employee performance issues?
Lawsuit Free for 29 Years!
Ergometrics' simulation video-based tests have been given to millions of applicants, often in highly litigious settings and have never been legally challenged in over 29 years of Ergometrics' existence.
FIRE 20/20 Supports FireTeam Users with Free "Why I Chose Fire" Diversity Recruitment Video
Ergometrics strongly supports effort to increase diversity in public safety occupations.
National Testing Network Making Headlines
In February of 2011, National Testing Network (NTN), Ergometrics' applicant testing and recruitment service division, was featured in the following Fox News story. NTN provides public safety departments with extremely cost effective, efficient and consistent applicant recruitment and testing programs. Through partnerships with technical schools and community colleges, NTN's future goal is to have applicant testing and recruitment centers Nationwide. NTN currently operates in; AZ, CO, FL, GA, KS, OR, OH, NE and WA.
Ergometrics Client Survey
Earlier this year, Ergometrics released a client survey, to better understand how our customers gather industry information and use technology. We sincerely appreciated the response and have gained valuable insight from the feedback. To view the results of the survey, please click on the following link:
Survey Results*
* Requires Adobe Reader.
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