Answers such questions as: What is an assessment center? Can one fake performance at a center? How many skills can be measured? Why are the same skills measured at most assessment centers? What should one be told before attending a center? (Author/IRT)

Outlines the development of the program of an assessment center designed for use in management and trainee development. (Author/IRT)

This publication discusses the role and function of the teacher aide. First, the role of the teacher aide is described as it has evolved in 12 school systems in the states of Michigan, Missouri, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon and in federally assisted programs. Second, program guidelines ar" provided under the headings…

An automated candidate-job matching system called "Jobmatch" has been implemented at Citibank, in New York City, involving job analysis, performance appraisal techniques, clerical employment, and internal mobility. A job task scale is used by supervisor and employee to determine job and candidate matching through a series of computer…

Describes a procedure developed at the Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas, for selecting and evaluating personnel called AKS ME (Ability, Skill and Knowledge Merit Evaluation), consisting of four basic steps: job analysis, examination plan, candidate evaluation, and validation. (MF)

Old Dominion University's use of a job analysis technique to validate the instruments used in the personnel selection process, with the objective of improving personnel selection, retention, evaluation, and development, is described and illustrated with instruments and data used in the program. (MSE)

Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) teams are by definition comprised of professionals from a variety of disciplines who are trained to determine recommendations for the services they deliver. Research indicates that when more people are on the IFSP team, families may feel less supported, and diminished child outcomes can result. However,…

This analysis is intended to assist public health nurses and others to apply the principles and standards of professional nursing conduct and practice to the development and utilization of home health aide services. Part I, "Development of a Home Health Aide Service" covers (1) agency organization and policies, including such topics as legal…

This guide is designed to assist administrators of human service agencies in developing and implementing driver selection and training programs. Examined in the first half of the guide are the following aspects of designing a transportation training delivery system: understanding the training mission, identifying the program target group, training…

This module is part of a set of management and supervisor training (MAST) materials developed by the Department of Energy for the Waste Isolation Division. Its stated purpose is to enable trainees to deal with employees fairly and effectively. The first section of the module is an introduction that includes a terminal objective and opening remarks…