Anyone who follows online screening and assessment knows that there just isn’t much information available about general trends related to its use. This can be a bit frustrating, because while everyone seems to be saying that screening is becoming a “hot” area, there is little actual data available to confirm it. This makes it hard for those of us who follow this industry closely to provide fact-based information about how companies are using online screening and assessment tools and what their results have been. The general lack of information about the use of online screening and assessment tools led me to create last summer’s 20 Questions about Online Screening survey. While the survey was far from being scientifically rigorous, it did provide some good, high-level information about usage trends for online screening and assessment. Last year’s survey focused on providing information about the current usage of online screening and assessment tools, obstacles to the adoption of online screening and assessment tools, and respondent’s opinions about future usage rates for these tools. Here is a quick summary of the results: Respondents:
Current usage:
Obstacles to usage:
Future usage:
This Year’s Survey The goal of this year’s survey is to begin building on the information gathered from last year’s survey and to verify the fact that usage rates for online screening and assessment are increasing. This year’s survey asks many of the same questions as last year’s did. However, last year’s survey did not provide much in-depth information about the usage of screening relative to that of assessment. In order to help collect this type of information, this year’s survey separates screening and assessment and provides questions designed to drill down more deeply into the characteristics of usage for each type. This year’s survey also focuses more on some of the hot topics related to the use of online screening and assessment, namely the integration of applicant tracking systems and assessment systems and the use of metrics to provide evidence for the success of online screening and assessment tools. Why Is This Information Important? While this is hardly a scientific survey and its length limits the depth of the information that we are able to collect, we still feel there is tremendous value in the information your survey responses will provide. For instance:
By participating you will help provide yourself and other members of the ERE community with up-to-date, accurate information about trends in the use of online screening and assessment tools. Participants will also have the opportunity to register to win a free copy of my new report, the Rocket-Hire Buyer’s Guide to Web-Based Screening and Assessment Systems. I am interested in collecting information from anyone who is involved in the staffing process for their organization. This includes recruiters, hiring managers, staffing and HR executives, consultants, etc. We welcome participants from companies of all locations, sizes and industries. We are not able to use information from individual vendors of screening and assessment tools or persons who may consult to multiple organizations. Visit www.rocket-hire.com/survey to take the survey. I will publish the survey results sometime in August or September of 2003. Any participant can email me at info@rocket-hire.com to request a copy of the results.
