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USA Hire Online Training
Online training is available through the USA Staffing Online Training Portal. This on-demand training will provide HR users with the knowledge and tools needed to use USA Hire assessments effectively within USA Staffing. This course provides a USA Hire briefing on what USA Hire assessments are; how to use resources available on the USA Hire Resource Center; how to set up an announcement in USA Staffing with a USA Hire assessment; and determine when to use USA Hire as part of an assessment strategy. Contact your USA Staffing account manager or the USA Hire Program Office if you need assistance accessing this training.
Ensure USA Hire is Right for the Recruitment
The checklist in Appendix D is designed to assist in determining if USA Hire is appropriate for use with a specific recruitment action. This includes verifying the competencies measured by the USA Hire Assessment are appropriate for the recruitment action and ensuring all grade levels being announced have a USA Hire assessment available.
Weighting Worksheet
If a USA Hire Assessment is used in conjunction with another assessment used 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 assessment measuring technical competencies 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 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.