The courses support initiatives begun during the Trump administration and continued in the Biden administration to encourage agencies to use methods to assess candidates other than self-assessments. Image: Dontree_M/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffOPM has released two self-paced online training courses on the use of subject matter experts in hiring, designed for hiring managers and HR professionals involved in the competitive hiring process.
One “is structured to reinforce core concepts, processes, and practices about Federal hiring policies and authorities, the importance of a job analysis, and considerations for designing an assessment strategy” while the other “provides the steps to develop various competency-based assessments, with a focus on the use of SMEs and cut scores during the hiring assessment process,” says a memo on chcoc.gov.
The courses support initiatives begun during the Trump administration and continued in the Biden administration to encourage agencies to use methods to assess candidates other than self-assessments.
The courses are not mandatory but OPM said it “encourages all federal employees involved in the hiring process and developing hiring assessments” to complete them. They are free and each takes about two hours to complete.
Registration and other information is here.
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