Suppose that your company was hiring information systems tec

Suppose that your company was hiring information systems technicians and wants to develop a method for selecting job applicants with the highest potential for doing well on the job. What type of information from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET) could be useful in setting up this selection system?

Solution

The O*NET could provide the possible occupations which closely matches the description of the information system technicians. It also provides a detailed list of the following which can be mapped against the candidate profile to select the right candidates:

The above information can then be compared to each candidate’s profile and each parameter can be given a certain weightage to deduce the weighted score for each applicant. The applicant having the highest score is most likely to perform better than others on the job.