Source: Niskanen Center
by Cassandra Madison & Gabe Menchaca
“Today, the vast majority of federal hiring actions rely on low-quality applicant self-assessments that do little to differentiate among candidates based on observable merit. This leads to frustration for hiring managers, cycles of repetition for HR professionals, and ultimately, weaker delivery of government programs as new hires don’t arrive fast enough to make a difference. The recently passed bipartisan Chance to Compete Act (CCA) attempts to address this challenge by directing the federal government to prioritize the use of objective assessments in federal hiring to the maximum extent possible. While this is a clear step in the right direction, the CCA left many structural barriers unaddressed: new assessments, developed in the historical way by industrial and organizational psychologists, are extremely resource-intensive to produce. ” (04/23/25)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/beyond-the-checkbox-unlocking-skills-based-hiring-under-the-cca