Recruitment Highlights from Belgium P.A.S. & R … Sofia Eupan Meeting - 10 & 11 April 2018 Véronique Wathieu
BOSA P A S Previously Acquired Skills R a programming language
Previously Acquired Skills In the Recruitment and Selection Process of the Belgian Federal Public Administration
Background Camu Statute Competency model central to HR processes Fact : 1 (open) function -> 1 level = 1 degree/diploma Level A - Master (+5) Level B - Bachelor (+3) Level C - Secondary school Level D - none Screening model
Verify participation conditions Incl. diploma check …
-> How to organize which exceptions ? Reality Some profiles are difficult to find Learning is not only on school benches Willingness to give a chance to underqualified -> How to organize which exceptions ?
Check diploma linked to job level (A,B,C,D) EXCEPTIONS Check diploma linked to job level (A,B,C,D) 1 – Civil servant at that level 2 – Access Card procedure 3 – Labor Market Shortage procedure Check experience & skills as in job posting NO EXCEPTIONS
The 2 « PAS » procedures Access Card procedure Shortage procedure Willingness to open to a specific (under-qualified) group Historical case : function of jail guards weighted as C_Level Solution : Selor certifying test to “replace” the missing diploma Exemption for 1 level, in some circumstances Necessity because of shortage on the labor market IT & Web Management functions, finance, … Solution: (for non protected professions), open the job to lower/other degree with experience Exemption for 1 selection
Access Card - How does it work ? Recruiting organization asks for authorization Selor advises : regulated professions, risks, … Ministerial decree The job posting can be published as “open to access card holders” Takes part to Access Card Tests organized by Selor (level specific) Passing? Granted an Access Card (level specific) Valid for 5 years Replaces the diploma in module 0 (level specific) Only valid for jobs identified as “open to access card holders”
Access Card - Selection process Targeted candidates are reached Heavy procedure, to be repeated Extra Costs (organize tests sessions, occupation PC classroom, purchase of tests) Extends the duration of selection process Risks - conflict with schools - workload -> limited use
Shortage Procedure - How does it work ? Recruiting organization asks for authorization Selor advises : reality of shortage, requested experience, regulated professions, risks, … Minister agrees The job posting is published with focus on the required skills, lower degree required when sufficient experience Candidate gets one opportunity to apply for a specific job linked to a level above his actual diploma
Shortage procedure - Selection process It works : get more candidates Lighter procedure but still to be repeated No negative impact on cost or duration No risk of conflict with schools/academics : give value to experience & skills within a specific job context TO BE -> make it more structural
R Analyzing results of Selection examinations with R Contact datascience@bosa.fgov.be
The R Project for Statistical Computing Software Environment for Statistical Computing & Graphics Data handling & storage facility Intermediate tools for data analysis Graphical facilities Programming language Open source project - Free
The R Project for Statistical Computing Community driven Academic & industrial High quality statistical packages Knowledge sharing community Numerous resources (StackOverflow, mailing lists, academic packages, …)
The R Project @ BOSA - DG RD Team Data Science DG RD Automatic score calculation Automatic item-analysis / item-generation Custom KPI dashboards Ad hoc analysis and many visualizations (surveys, data mining, training) …
Example - Automatic score calculation Extract data from multiple resources Transform, combine, standardize, validate data Apply scoring algorithms raw/norm scores Store data & logs, import to DB, feedback to candidate Automatic log of data & analysis steps Reproducibility … objectivity
The R Project @ BOSA - DG RD Automatic access to databases IT supports open source software Microsoft SQL R integrations
The R project – A data science expert R was designed for the job Quality packages, visuals, .. Historical log, reproducibility No black box Open Steep learning curve community, resources Free No lock in Dependencies on open source packages ~ versioning
The R project – A selection expert Score calculation process Candidates get results faster Automatic update Less risk of error Flexible monitoring Managed in the business Selection expert to accept to loose full control IT-event dependent