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Testing Correction Officer Applicants to Control Prison Costs
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Current labor shortages create intense competition
for correction officers. Although drawn from a smaller pool of
applicants, the quality of correctional officers has a
large impact on jail and prison costs. By testing with COVT, not
only is it possible to screen for each best potential
correction officer, but also identify good applicants
that may have otherwise been missed.
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On the Job
ERGOMETRICS' COVT is a video based multiple choice test of eighty-three scenarios. Applicants see a typical situation they will face on the job, observe the various elements present, analyze the situation and make a quick judgment about how to respond. To score well on the test, they must evaluate each scenario as an entirely new situation and project the likely outcome of any given action.
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Tremendous Savings in Jail and Prison Costs
ERGOMETRICS' COVT identifies and saves the expense of further
testing candidates who are likely to have difficulty dealing with inmates, other officers, supervisors and the public. Not hiring the wrong candidate can save thousands of dollars in liability and turnover costs. |
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What will ERGOMETRICS' COVT tell you about an
applicant?
ERGOMETRICS'
COVT is designed to assess a person's abilities in the
areas of situational judgment, unbiased enforcement of
the rules, gaining cooperation, ethics, human
interaction, handling authority, social maturity,
observation and analysis, and responding calmly to
provocation and frustrating situations. This test
represents a major breakthrough in screening and hiring.
For the first time, you can accurately and efficiently
predict, before you hire, how an applicant will perform
in these key skill areas after being hired.
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Other ERGOMETRICS testing products that you should look into:
E-Comm,
Emergency Communications Personnel Video Test for call takers and dispatchers. E-Comm
tests for skills that are impossible to assess using the usual common testing methods.
- Listening and Communications Skills
- Dealing with Difficult and Stressful Situations
- Multi-tasking
- Analysis, Prioritizing and Problem Solving
- Recording Accuracy
- Public Relations
- Internal Relations
- Responsibility for Officer Safety
FrontLine:
Video Testing System for Law Enforcement. FrontLine accurately
predicts a candidate's abilities in these important areas:
- Human Interaction
- Responding Calmly to Provocation
- Unbiased Enforcement
- Situational Judgment
- Ethics and Social Maturity
- Handling Authority
Are you hiring clerical staff? Look at ERGOMETRICS
Office Skills Series to find the best. The Office Skills Series tests
for:
- Proofreading and Spelling
- Written Expression
- Checking
- Coding
- Filing
- Basic Math
- Business Math
- Typing and Data Entry
How about public relations testing for your office staff?
Look at the Diplomat Series: Public
Sector Customer Service or Diplomat Phone Skills Test.
More and more, government agencies are focusing on customer
relations.
With Diplomat, you'll be able to look at a person's
abilities in:
- Customer Relations
- Observation and Analysis
- Situational Judgment
- Responding Calmly to Frustrating Situations
- Teamwork
- Working with People from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds
With Diplomat Phone Skills Test you will be finding
people who can:
- Listen and focus on what is important.
- Interact professionally with concern for what callers hear
and experience.
- Analyze computer files and paper work.
- Apply rules and policies.
- Note problems and discrepancies.
- Promote customer satisfaction.
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