The Research Department at IPMA-HR is gearing up for a new research study and we need your organization’s help.  Participation in the study is free!

Study’s Objective:

The online survey will be conducted with public sector employees from all generations.  The study’s main objective is to determine similarities and differences that exist across the generations related to employment values.  Most importantly, results from the study will provide for our members information on what is key to recruit and retain different generations of public sector staff.

Organization’s Profile:

Our aim is to have participants in this study whose organizations have a workforce comprised of close to 10% millennials (Born 1981-1997; ages 19 to 35) or more.

Your Reward for Participating:

• You will receive a free copy of the report of findings.
• You will also receive a free copy of your organization’s results
• In addition, for free, you can add a custom question to the survey.

Please, contact Melissa Paluch at mpaluch@ipma-hr.org by April 11th if you are interested in participating. Don’t hesitate, as slots are filling up quickly!

Please note the following price changes that have taken effect immediately related to IPMA-HR’s Assessment Products:

• While we continue to offer free shipping via UPS Ground, our rush shipping fee has increased from $20 plus 10% of the order total to $20 plus 15% of the order total.
• If you utilize our scoring service through the University of Maryland, the base fee for that service has increased from $40 to $50. The $0.50 per candidate fee remains the same.

All other pricing from 2015 remains the same. If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to contact us.

We are hard at work on putting the finishing touches on our 2015 catalog of test products and services. We’ll also have some updated pricing to announce for 2015, but to prepare for that we are announcing today that we have reduced the per candidate price for two of our entry-level tests, the Entry-Level 911 20 with Video for dispatchers and the CO-EL 201 (TIP) for correctional officers.

Prices listed above are per candidate.

This brings pricing parity across our whole line of entry-level Emergency Communication Center and Correctional Officer tests. All of our tests for those positions are now priced at $12.50 per candidate.

If you had not previously considered either of these tests for your hiring needs, please contact us at assessment@ipma-hr.org or by phone at (800) 381-8378 to ask for an inspection copy, which are available to Test Security Agreement signers at no cost.

Hard to believe June is already here and rolling right by, but with the arrival of summer IPMA-HR’s Assessment Department gets some fresh faces. This summer we are pleased to welcome Eli and Miranda as the Assessment Summer Interns.

Eli Plaut (left) and Miranda Lapides (right); IPMA-HR’s Assessment Interns for Summer 2014.

Eli is a rising senior at the University of Maryland. He is majoring in Psychology and interested in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. He looks forward to not only assisting the assessment department at IPMA-HR, but also gaining practical experience in his field of interest. He’s learned a lot in his first couple weeks here, and is eager to see what the rest of his experience holds.

Miranda is a rising senior at George Mason University. She is studying psychology and criminology and wishes to pursue a career in industrial/organizational psychology. She is from Connecticut and staying in Virginia for the summer to intern with IPMA-HR. Miranda looks forward to learning more about assessments during her time here, specifically the research involved to create an assessment. Her interests include reading, singing, and songwriting.

You can look forward to seeing more from both Eli and Miranda here in the ASR, in the coming weeks.

First, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Bob Burd for the informative ASR articles he has written over the last year. Bob has decided to take his retirement a bit more seriously and will therefore no longer be providing articles for ASR.  Bob, you will be missed, but we all wish you a very happy retirement!

Second, we are pleased to announce that Dennis Doverspike (Ph.D., ABPP) is joining the ASR team and will be submitting his first article soon!

Dr. Doverspike is a full professor of psychology at the University of Akron, senior fellow of the Institute for Life-Span Development and Gerontology, and director of the Center for Organizational Research. He is certified as a specialist in industrial-organizational psychology and organizational and business consulting by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He is also a licensed psychologist in the State of Ohio.

Dr. Doverspike has over 30 years of experience working with consulting firms and public and private sector organizations, including 15 years as executive vice president of Barrett & Associates. Services provided include individual assessments, statistical analysis, development of large scale assessment systems, job evaluation and job analysis, and expert witness services.

The author of two books, 16 book chapters, over 150 other professional publications, and over 100 conference presentations, Dr. Doverspike has also served as an expert witness in 10 court cases and assisted with the preparation of expert testimony in over 75 additional cases.

Dr. Doverspike received his doctorate in psychology in 1983 from the University of Akron. He earned a Master of Science in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and a Bachelor of Science from John Carroll University. He has taught courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, directed dissertations, theses and practicums.

We welcome Dr. Doverspike to the team and look forward to the valuable insights and knowledge he has to offer! Look for his first article on police and fire selection next week…