Personnel
Testing Council/Arizona
Upcoming
Events in 2009
The PTC/A Board is pleased to announce
our first event for 2009:
Selection Strategies for Small Scale Hiring –
Friday, January 30, 2009
Click Here to Download the
Registration Form
Not all companies or agencies are considered large, and even in larger organizations, not all positions generate vacancies and applicant numbers like Secretary or Firefighter. In many cases, valuable resources are spent on individual job titles that rarely post vacancies. Advertising and selection processes are often tailored to particular vacancies. Hiring managers often have very specific opinions regarding where and how to advertise the job posting, how to describe the duties and preferred skills and how to screen candidates. Some of these requests may be marginal in terms of fairness but when resources are limited these small candidate drawing positions often do not get the attention they deserve.
HR professionals are required to apply the same standards to
single-vacancy selection processes as they do to high-volume processes. This workshop will address how HR professionals
can ensure due diligence and meet professional standards for the small scale
hiring processes, including:
·
Legal issues
with such processes
·
Job analysis
issues and techniques
·
Statistics and
analytical techniques, including the use of readily available software like
Excel and web sites like Surveymonkey
·
Defending
validation based on small samples
Our Presenter: Jim Higgins, Ed.D. – Principal Consultant & Director of
Compensation, Biddle Consulting Group, Inc. and founder of US Research
Associates, a provider of free online training for H.R. Professionals on topics
related to statistics and analysis, test validation, and EEO compliance.
Dr. Higgins has served as a human resource practitioner, organizational
researcher, and statistics professor for over 15 years. His popular webinars and blog page can be
found at www.usresearchassociates.com.
His specific expertise is related to job analysis, test validation, and
the application of advanced statistical procedures to evaluate hiring,
promotional and compensation disparities. He possesses a Masters Degree in
Industrial Psychology and a Doctorate of Educational Psychology. Dr. Higgins was awarded the 2003 award as
Distinguished Alumni from California State University Sacramento and is
President Elect of the Personnel Testing Council of Northern California.
Please plan on attending this informative learning and networking
opportunity that will give you tools for your selection challenges.
Date: Friday, January 30, 2009
Time: Registration & Breakfast: 8:30 – 9:00 am, Workshop: 9:00 am –
4:00 pm (Breakfast and Lunch served)
Location: Salt River Project, 1521 N. Project Drive, Tempe, AZ 85281
RSVP by Friday, January 23, 2009 to Vicki Packman, vicki.packman@srpnet.com
Click Here to Download the
Registration Form
2008 Workshops:
1. April 18.
“Item Bank Tests and WRIB Demo” with Judy Conway and Kathleen Frink of San Bernardino County. FREE for members.
2. September 19: “Strategic Recruiting: Transitions from Recruiting to Talent
Acquisition Consulting in a Weak Economy” with Mark Boynton (Town of Gilbert),
David Harris (CPS Executive Search), Jessika Brown
and Lisa Sanford (APS), and Keith Poole (City of Phoenix).
2007 Workshops:
1. May 18th: Personality,
Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness” with Dr. Bob Hogan
2. July 18th: Summer Luncheon
Roundtable: “Testing, Selection, & Labor Relations”, with Ernie
Mariner/APS; Carol Meyers, APS & Greg Fretz, City
of Chandler
3. October 19th: “Physical Ability Testing in Selection” with
Dr. Deborah Gebhardt, Ph.D., Human Performance
Systems, Inc. at SRP.
4. December 7th: “Job Analysis
Methods and Applications” with Kristine Smith, Darany
& Associates.
2006 Workshops:
1. ROI & the
Metrics of Staffing with
Wayne Cascio & Ted Darany;
2.
How to Prepare for your next EEOC or OFCCP Audit
(representatives of EEOC, OFCCP and Fennimore Craig PLC;
3. Everything You
Wanted to Know About Testing…To Start: Test Administrator Boot Camp (Vicki Packman/SRP,
Carol Meyers/APS, and Terry McKinney/City of Phoenix)
Past
programs in 2005 included topics such as Rapid
Hiring in an 11th Hour Staffing World; Non-cognitive assessment; and WRIPAC exam planning.