The state of Maine redesigned the process of hiring child welfare case workers. The new process calls for prescreening candidates, weeding the database of old register, and establishing valid screening criteria and a standardized statewide process. The new method resulted in a more efficient process. (JOW)

The authors provide guidelines for the development and implementation of role-play simulations used for employee selection and promotion. Exercises are presented to illustrate the development of practical content-valid procedures. Suggestions on developing relevant ideas, working with role players, facilitating raters, and minimizing candidate…

Describes the development of a new type of selection procedure, the activity/achievement indicator, and compares it with the behavioral consistency method of training and experience evaluation. Reports that total scores from these two methods correlated at r=.58. Discusses implications. (Author/CH)