The Manager's Pocket Guide to Interviewing and Hiring Top Performers

Promotion

Organizations may use tests to identify employees who possess managerial potential or higher level capabilities so that these employees can be promoted to assume greater duties and responsibilities.

The number of laws and regulations governing the employment process has increased over the past four decades. Many of these laws and regulations have important implications for conducting employment assessment. One set of standards that employers and organizations will want to follow when choosing assessment tools for hiring and selection is the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, published by the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

Using a single test or procedure will provide you with a limited view ...