Every opportunity to hire a new employee is an opportunity to enhance the capabilities of your organization and improve productivity.

PDII can assist you in designing and implementing highly effective recruiting and selection systems. We specialize in evaluating your current recruitment and selection processes by answering such questions as:

• Are we recruiting the most qualified job applicants?
• Are we hiring the most capable employees for immediate and future jobs?
• Will we be able to keep the employees we hire?
• Do potential employees view our company as a good place to work?
• Are we hiring too much from within?
• Is our mentoring program more of a formality than a means to coach and develop talented employees?

Obtaining the most qualified employees not only can increase productivity but also drive innovation and create a long-lasting competitive advantage. PDII can help you determine exactly what your employment needs are and how to identify employees with those capabilities.

Our customized staffing approach focuses on:

• Assessing company needs for human resources
• Identifying the best methods for attracting and selecting those employees who are the best match for your company
• Evaluating effectiveness and efficiency of current recruitment and selection methods
• Integrating staffing strategies with other human resources programs including compensation and human resource development

Contact PDII today to discuss the alignment of your organization’s staffing, recruiting, and selection procedures with short and long-termed strategic goals.

Client Case Study: Evaluation of College Recruiting and Relations Program at Marsh, Inc.

Marsh invests over $10 million annually to recruit and train college graduates for exciting and demanding careers in brokering insurance. Recently, Marsh centralized their college recruiting efforts. Management wanted to know if this program was worth the investment and to better understand what they could do to enhance the recruitment effectiveness of college recruiting. PDII conducted an in-depth examination of the program’s recruitment strategies and selection criteria. Although PDII’s examination revealed that the company’s efforts offered the company a substantial contribution in finding and selecting talent, specific recommendations were made to improve and streamline the process.

Led by President and Consultant Dr. Dow Scott, PDII approaches HR development solutions from sound business practices and proven staffing methodologies. An authority on the design and evaluation of staffing programs, Dow Scott holds a Ph.D. in Human Resources from Michigan State University, has 25 years consulting experience, and has authored or co-authored publications on this topic.

	Selecting the Right Employee: Examining the General Validity of Employee Testing Can Lead to Solid Recruitment.
	Published in the Personnel Administrator (Yoder-Heneman Research Award)
	An extensive series of studies demonstrates how employee aptitude is a strong predictor of performance in sewing plants. The employer found that by replacing a psycho-motor test with a test that emphasized IQ increased productivity and reduced turnover. The research demonstrated that using the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), one company plant would have saved over $8,000,000
	Employment Testing: The U.S. Job Service is Spearheading a Revolution
	Published in the Personnel Administrator
	Details how the use of the Generalized Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) could substantially increase U.S. productivity. Employee intelligence has a major impact on employee performance.