If a USA Hire Assessment is used in conjunction with a second assessment for rating, a weighting protocol must be determined to properly combine the two assessment rating results. USA Staffing will calculate the applicant’s final combined rating based on the weights set in the Assessment Package.
By default, USA Staffing will weight USA Hire and the second assessment as 50% each of applicant’s final scores. For lower graded positions, it may be appropriate to weight the technical competencies (i.e., those measured in the second assessment) less than the general competencies (i.e., those measured through the USA Hire Assessment). For example, the weighting protocol may be adjusted to weight the USA Hire results at 75% and the second assessment results at 25%. For higher graded positions, it may be more appropriate to weight the technical competencies more than the general competencies. In this scenario, one potential solution would be to adjust the weight of the USA Hire results at 40% and the second assessment rating results at 60%.
Agencies may use the fillable Weighting Worksheet found on the USA Hire Resource Center at their discretion. This worksheet is solely provided as an example for Agencies seeking to verify and document the weighting protocol. All weighting documentation and justification must be retained as part of the case file. This applies to both the acceptance of the default weighting and use of alternative weighting protocol.