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SUMMARY:Fair testing in Web 2.0 – where psychometricians’ and candidat
 es’ interests meet - Katharina Lochner\, cut-e Group and Free University
  of Berlin
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CONTACT:Luning Sun
DESCRIPTION:Online testing is becoming increasingly popular in the field o
 f pre-employment screening. It opens up a lot of new opportunities\, also 
 for the psychometricians involved in the development of such tests. The fa
 ct that candidates sit at home in front of their own computer and can comp
 lete the assessment any time they like makes online testing fast and econo
 mical. But the opportunities come at a cost and require extended quality c
 riteria. We need to make sure that tests are hardware-independent\, access
 ible\, self-explainable and forgery-proof to ensure the quality of the dat
 a.\n\nMoreover\, when designing tests that fulfill the classical and even 
 the extended quality criteria\, what is often neglected is the candidates
 ’ view. Therefore\, employment testing has a mixed reputation with the g
 eneral public. However\, an application is usually when candidates contact
  a company for the first time\, and this first contact forms a strong impr
 ession of the company and its values.\nAgainst the backdrop of demographic
  change\, companies must do more to ensure that applicants form a positive
  impression of the organizations they apply to. Brand damage through poor 
 reputation not only has a significant impact on an organization's present 
 day talent acquisition\, but can have long-term impacts on attraction and 
 the quality of the talent pool they are able to select from.\n\nThe intere
 sts of companies (gathering high quality data) and applicants (time budget
 \, transparency\, feedback) need not be completely opposite. The objective
  of the talk is to explore\, based on the fairness framework by Kunnan (20
 04)\, how the positioning of testing meets the needs of both parties in th
 e recruitment process. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Psychology\, Downing Site\, Cambridg
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