Promotion and Selection of Electronics Technicians

Comments by: Tom Ramsay

PROBLEM:	Our manufacturing client wanted to select qualified candidates for the highly paid position of Electronics Technician. They wished to select based on knowledge and skills rather than years of service.
SOLUTION:	They sought our help to develop and validate a 60-item paper-and-pencil test. The job experts were able to select questions from our database for the original test as well as parallel items for an alternative equivalent form to be used for expected retesting. We also were asked to document and standardize scoring for a performance skills assessment in which candidates could demonstrate their capabilities.
RESULT:	Ramsay Corporation delivered a successful promotion procedure which included a paper-and-pencil test and a job-related performance evaluation. The procedure was available for use by our client in less than one month from start to finish.
BOTTOM LINE:	Our client can now select the most qualified internal candidates, rather than those who have longest service for their highest level Electronics Technicians.

Tom Ramsay Roland T. (Tom) Ramsay, our principal consultant, founded Ramsay Corporation in May of 1973. Prior to that he had been Staff Supervisor of Employment & Placement in the Office of the Vice Chairman of the Board at United States Steel Corporation. He was also a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie-Mellon University.

Dr. Ramsay is a licensed psychologist and is a Diplomate in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is author of Management's Guide to Effective Employment Interviewing and Management's Guide to Effective Employment Testing, both published by Dartnell. Tom has more than 30 years of human resources work experience.