About the test
The Clerk - Production, Planning, and Expediting Pre-Employment Assessment was designed to help you hire staff in this role. The test provides a whole-person evaluation by measuring job-relevant cognitive ability, personality, knowledge, skills, and relevant behavioral history.
Each component provides important data for hiring decisions. Cognitive ability has been linked to overall job performance in most jobs and correlates with a candidate's
ability to learn new skills and to solve complex problems. Personality characteristics determine how well the candidate will fit-in with a corporate culture. Knowledge and skills indicate how much training will be needed before a new employee becomes productive. Finally, relevant behavioral history detects counter-productive behaviors that can impact job performance.
The Clerk - Production, Planning, and Expediting test includes an animated work simulation in which candidates meet customers, colleagues and supervisors in a job-related context. Post-test surveys indicate the majority of candidates react favorably to these simulations.
The specific attributes measured include:
Cognitive Ability
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Knowledge and Skills
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Personality
- Adaptability
- Drive
- Integrity
- Resilience
- Teamwork
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Behavioral History
- History Survey - Performance
- History Survey - Tenure
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Following completion, the test produces a Candidate Selection Report that includes an overall score and detailed scores for each attribute. The overall score weighs each of the factors based on research and analysis from the U.S. Government's Occupational Information Network (O*Net). O*Net represents over a decade of dedicated research evaluating the relative importance of various factors that lead to success in almost 1,000 different job roles.
The Candidate Selection Report also provides expert interview questions that help you probe critical or low-scoring areas, along with a guide for noting your evaluation of the candidate's responses. Consistent use of an interview guide is an important part of gaining better candidate insights and making better hiring decisions.
About the job
Clerk - Production, Planning, and Expediting
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
Top activities and tasks for this job:
- Working with Computers
- Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
- Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
- Getting Information
- Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
- Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
More information about this Job
Annual US Wages (2023) |
Bottom 10%: | | $36,640 or less |
Bottom 25%: | | $44,330 or less |
Median: | | $53,900 (Average) |
Top 25%: | | $67,290 or more |
Top 10%: | | $81,410 or more |
Hourly US Wages (2023) |
Bottom 10%: | | $17.62 or less |
Bottom 25%: | | $21.31 or less |
Median: | | $25.91 (Average) |
Top 25%: | | $32.35 or more |
Top 10%: | | $39.14 or more |
US Employment Statistics |
2023: | | 399,200 |
2033 (projected): | | 418,700 |
Annual U.S. Job Openings: | 41,600 |
Top Knowledge Requirements
- Production and Processing
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Administrative
- Administration and Management
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
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Top Skills
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Complex Problem Solving
- Monitoring
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Top Abilities
- Oral Comprehension
- Information Ordering
- Oral Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
- Written Comprehension
- Near Vision
- Written Expression
- Deductive Reasoning
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Education Requirements |
No High School Diploma: | | 19% |
High School Diploma: | | 37% |
Post-Secondary Certificate: | | 9% |
Some College: | | 21% |
Associate's Degree (2 yr): | | 13% |
This graphic shows the percentage of people in this role who have their highest education in each category. |
Related Work Experience Requirements |
None: | | 19% |
Less than 1 Month: | | 14% |
3 - 6 Months: | | 7% |
6 Months - 1 Year: | | 6% |
1 - 2 Years: | | 30% |
6 - 8 Years: | | 11% |
More than 10 Years: | | 11% |
This graphic shows the percentage of people in this role whose related work experience before they entered this position falls into each category. |
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