Selection

Findings from Seven Years of Child Welfare Workforce Interventions

admin — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 22:31:35 +0000

Findings from Seven Years of Child Welfare Workforce Interventions
Posted on August 21, 2023

This 2-page summary highlights key findings from the QIC-WD's workforce interventions and summarizes the additional supports provided to child welfare workforce professionals from 2016 - 2023.

Personality Tests

admin — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 22:28:06 +0000

Personality Tests
Posted on August 14, 2023

How are personality tests used by organizations and what traits do they typically measure? Read this umbrella summary to learn more about both the strengths and challenges associated with personality testing in the workplace.

Career Interests

admin — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:31:18 +0000

Career Interests
Posted on April 26, 2023

What are career interests and how does the fit between one’s interests and job tasks relate to work behaviors and attitudes? Read this umbrella summary to learn about how career interests are categorized and measured and what research has to say.

Assessing your Workforce Needs

admin — Mon, 09 May 2022 16:09:41 +0000

Assessing your Workforce Needs
Posted on May 9, 2022

It is worth the time to understand the root causes of your agency’s child welfare workforce problems. This post highlights tools to guide your needs assessment and use data to pinpoint challenges.

Reference Checks

admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 15:15:10 +0000

Reference Checks
Posted on December 23, 2020

When considering a job candidate, does it help to talk with former employers? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about reference checks.

Assessment Centers

admin — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:17:31 +0000

Assessment Centers
Posted on October 28, 2020

Looking for a way to incorporate more advanced job simulations into the hiring or training process? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about assessment centers.

Oklahoma Progress Update - A Revised Employee Selection Process: Virtual & Paperless

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:26:20 +0000

Oklahoma Progress Update - A Revised Employee Selection Process: Virtual & Paperless
Posted on October 13, 2020

Oklahoma worked with the QIC-WD to revise their employee selection process. This blog post describes the process used to determine the competencies of caseworkers and highlights lessons learned to date.

What are Best Practices for Conducting Hiring Interviews?

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 17:03:52 +0000

What are Best Practices for Conducting Hiring Interviews?
Posted on August 3, 2020

If you are responsible for hiring people, plan how to conduct your interviews based on what we know from research.

Employment Interviews

admin — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:14:58 +0000

Employment Interviews
Posted on June 17, 2020

What makes a hiring interview most effective? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about employment interviews.

Strategies to Improve Child Welfare Worker Retention

admin — Mon, 18 May 2020 19:42:34 +0000

Strategies to Improve Child Welfare Worker Retention
Posted on May 18, 2020

Many organizations & teams are looking for answers to the challenge of worker turnover in child welfare. This blog post highlights research and strategies described in several publications and discusses the connection to the work being done by the QIC-WD.

Job Knowledge Tests

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:03:57 +0000

Job Knowledge Tests
Posted on April 29, 2020

When is it a good idea to assess candidates’ understanding of critical job facts or concepts? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about job knowledge tests.

Emotional Intelligence Tests

admin — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:05:12 +0000

Emotional Intelligence Tests
Posted on April 8, 2020

How can candidates’ ability to recognize, understand, and manage emotions be examined at hire? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about emotional intelligence tests.

Integrity Tests

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 13:10:29 +0000

Integrity Tests
Posted on April 1, 2020

How do candidates’ attitudes about honesty and misconduct factor in to future job behavior? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about integrity tests.

Cognitive Ability Tests

admin — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 19:22:24 +0000

Cognitive Ability Tests
Posted on March 25, 2020

How can candidates’ ability to learn and solve problems be examined at hire? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about cognitive ability tests.

Biodata Measures

admin — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 03:18:31 +0000

Biodata Measures
Posted on March 18, 2020

How can candidates’ background information be used to help with hiring decisions? This Umbrella Summary describes the available evidence about biodata measures.