Over the last six months our department has conducted two hiring processes, and will be conducting our 3rd in April 2015. We are experiencing real difficulty in finding candidates that can pass the written and/or physical agility tests. In the past two processes we have lost nearly half the hiring pool just from the written examination. Those who are successful in the written exam go on to take the physical agility test. During this phase we seem to lose another 1/3 of the applicants. It has become extremely frustrating as we feel as if at times we are not hiring the best candidate, but the "least worst of."
We utilize the National POST test as our written exam and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy agility standards which consist of:
16" Vertical Jump
29 situps (1 min)
25 pushups (no time limit)
300 meter run (71 seconds)
1.5 Mile Run (-16:28)
I attribute a lot of the poor performance on the written exam to technology. We rely so much on or electronic gadgets for everything, such as auto-correct. The physical agility failure is simply lack of preparation IMO.
Just wondering if other agencies are experiencing the same. Please let me know your thoughts.
We utilize the National POST test as our written exam and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy agility standards which consist of:
16" Vertical Jump
29 situps (1 min)
25 pushups (no time limit)
300 meter run (71 seconds)
1.5 Mile Run (-16:28)
I attribute a lot of the poor performance on the written exam to technology. We rely so much on or electronic gadgets for everything, such as auto-correct. The physical agility failure is simply lack of preparation IMO.
Just wondering if other agencies are experiencing the same. Please let me know your thoughts.
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