During the resent Fairness Conference presented by UNISA and TTS-Top Talent Solutions Dr. Outtz discussed innovations in selection practices. He spoke about bridge testing, Apprenticeship Qualifications Form, AQF, and the Job Perception Index, JPI.
He started by discussing the Apprenticeship Qualifications Form, AQF. The AQF is designed to provide a way for candidates to present information about their background. The information that they present may increase their chances of passing the written test. An applicant who fails the second phase of the written test, but whose score is near the required passing score, is allowed to earn additional points based on the information on his or her AQF. Scores near the required passing score are considered to be within, what Dr. Outtz termed as, the “Zone of Consideration,” ZOC. Each point earned from the AQF is equivalent to one‐tenth of a point on the Phase II written test.
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