G4 Campus Recruitment Testing and Assessment

Index
Introduction Services Test Development Comprehensive G4 Campus Recruitment Testing and Assessment Pre Assessed Candidates Data Reliability and Validation study Test Delivery CD Information Brochures Online Application System Assessment System (CBT) Recruitment Digital Library/elearning Solutions Technology Implementation Support Online Career Placement The G4 Solutions Advantages G4 Advantages over competitors Sample Case of a Leading S/W company Comparing the old and new systems G4 Recruitment Process Test details

Test structure Different parameters Benefit and Features of G4 Testing Test Development: Test Design, Item Writing, Reliability and Validity Study

References Management Team Contact

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Introduction
History:
Founded as G4 Solutions, India in 2002 Registered in UK in 2003 In 2002, launched the GMAT software in 37 countries with QS Network UK In 2002, launched Online Application and Online Placement brochures In 2006, started recruitment testing and assessment drives in various Indian cities

G4 Solutions is a professionally managed organization based in New Mumbai and London offering innovative solutions for the education industry.

The G4 Recruitment Testing and Assessment Service helps organisations to evaluate each applicant in a non-biased and easily quantifiable fashion. Our process helps you to simplify the entire process, increasing the number of applicants able to be assessed in a given time, increases selection rate, cuts the cost and helps in building the brand.
The system is designed to assess the candidates aptitude, acquired English language skills and technical knowledge, whilst minimising the effects of test preparation distortions.

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Services

You can pick and choose from a flexible range of G4 recruitment, testing and assessment services: Test Development Comprehensive G4 Campus Recruitment Testing and Assessment Reliability and Validity Study Recruitment through Pre Assessed candidates Data

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The G4 Solutions Advantage

Offering you end to end solution and consulting for recruitment from India. Provide pre-assessed, short-listed candidates matching your requirements for final interview. With the G4 pre-assessed candidates, increase the selection rate by as much as 50% to 70%. G4 will conduct the computers based G4 Aptitude Test for Recruitment (G4 ATR) and Group discussion of candidates. Reducing the cost, manpower and time required per recruitment. Better brand-building exercise, heightened confidence, facilitating more consistent impact amongst candidates through fair, secure, standardized, transparent and smoother computer based recruitment testing process. Achieve very high test retest reliability of 0.85 through G4 Aptitude Test for Recruitment ATR High degree of content validation of the test with general skills, knowledge and abilities required in fresh engineers joining in the organizations. Detail audit report of individual candidates. Since the test is computers based and questions comes in random order to users from the large pool of questions data, it eliminates any possibility of the cheating and leaking out the questions and question papers. You can find the test papers of every company on net. *In the post event opinion form over 99 % of 15000 participants of G4 test, expressed that computer based test is more secure and fair.)

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The G4 Solutions Advantage

(Contd)

For mass recruitment, we organize recruitment drives. Each drive produces 300 to 3000 candidates. Institute and city selection for recruitment drive. Registration and photo identity verification of the candidates for the recruitment drive. Systematically allocation of the testing time slots to individuals and colleges to avoid the chaos. G4 technical team setup the testing sever and secure LAN at host engineering college for fair and smooth test conduction. G4 Solutions expert team develops the test questions on different areas alternatively company can provide the question data which be incorporated in G4 Testing system. Group discussion (GD) short listing. Instant result. Physiological profiling of the candidates shortlist after GD (optional). We arrange the local logistics for the company representatives. Organize the Pre placement talk and media coverage for the company. Interviews conducted by companies representatives. Inform the results and coordinate the acceptance of the offer letter with candidates and institute. Provide you the substitute candidates against final drop outs at the time of joining. Charging on per recruited candidate not on per tested candidate.
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G4 Advantages over competitors

Offering you end to end recruitment solutions. Ongoing reliability and validation study of the test for your organization without any charge. Charging on per recruited candidate not on per tested candidate. Over all cost benefit of min 30 % to 70 %, depending on the number of recruited candidates, over the other vendors costing. Highly secure testing. Offering you detailed audit report of individual candidates. Provide you the substitute candidates against final drop outs at the time of joining without any additional charges. Taking care of logistics at selected locations. Elimination of complex logistics problems, such as the distribution, storage and tracking of test papers Tests can be taken independently of an internet connection, so system failure is minimised. Facility to offer paper based test in special circumstances like closed campus recruitments.

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Sample Case of a Leading S/W company

A leading software company has used over services, which earlier used to conduct the campus recruitment drives through traditional paper based test. Recruited over 450 s/w engineers of 2005, 2006 and 2007 batches Tested over 15,000 candidates studying in India with over 255 engineering colleges. Cities covered: Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Jaipur, Shirpur, Chandigarh, Pune and Mumbai Selection rate up by from 3-5 % to 60 % Cost cutting by 70% Time saving by 270 man days Reliability of Test 0.87 Example: We have conducted the aptitude test, technical test and group discussion of over 1800 engineers in Mumbai and offered 200 pre assessed short listed candidates to one of your client a leading software company for interview and they finally recruited 114 s/w engineers. In this particular case the selection rate touched to 57 % which is very high as per the industry standards.

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G4 Recruitment Process snap shot

Request for Recruitment: profile, salary, total number, eligibility
Check the availability in the Pre Assessed candidates data base Test Design & Development: Job Analysis for SKA, Item writing, field test Validation Study: Content validation, Reliability, Predictive validity Finalizing Host: Infrastructure check, meeting the Management

Group Short listing Test Conduction: Setting up test server and secure LAN, checking computers from Pre Intervie JobOf Assessed Discussi candidates w fer G4Testing on data
PPT: Pre Placement talk to students, media and TPOs Photo ID verifications: at college end, at test center with camera Test Registration and Scheduling: Admit card, Registration ID, time slots Data Collection: Coordination, data collection individuals & colleges Campaign: Emailer, print add, sending corporate PPT to TPOs Colleges and Cities finalization for recruitment drives, campus, off campus

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G4 Recruitment Process

ID and Photo verification of pre registered candidates

Computer Based Test

Group Discussion

Press Conference

Pre Placement Presentation

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Proposed Process for Recruitment

Check the availability of the candidates in the Pre Assessed candidates data base

Request for recruitment

Finalize the locations

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Shortlist the candidates matching the requirement

No Follow the G4 Recruitment Process Snap Shot

Send the email to candidates

Coordinate with the host college and other TPOs

final offer

Interview

Pre placement talk

Registration and scheduling for interview

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Comparing the systems

Old campus recruitment

(Contd)

Leaking of test papers and questions is very easy. Its also difficult to keep large no of sets of test papers to prevent leaking of questions by memorizing and other means. Manual assessment is tiring and time consuming. Detail profiling based on different areas of test is difficult. Companies do the entire process right from finalizing the venue, test conduction, group discussion and interview. Need to deploy large amount of organization resource for longer time like manpower.

Since the test is computers based and questions comes in random order to users from the large pool of questions data, hence eliminate any possibility of the cheating and leaking out the question Online test and instant results Available with click of mouse G4 takes care of testing & GD and offers short listed candidates to companies for final interview. You need only team of interviewers that to only on the day of interview. Fly in morning finish the interviews in day time and leave in evening.

New system ( G4)

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Comparing the systems

Old campus recruitment
High cost Time consuming Not secure Does not offer fair chance to candidates No uniformity of the testing systems in different companies Different tests for different companies Low selection rate Rough experience to candidates due to chaos. Detail audit report of individual candidates is not possible

(Contd)

New system ( G4)

Low cost Save time Highly secure Offers fair chance to candidates uniformity of the testing systems in different companies One test, different companies High selection rate Smother experience to candidates due to well organized and predefined process. Detail audit report of individual candidates is easily available

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Test Details

Purpose, nature, and applicability of the test

G4ATR is designed to measure candidates basic Skill, knowledge and Abilities (SKA) on following areas.
English reading and comprehension ability Knowledge of English grammar Knowledge of vocabulary Problem solving ability Reasoning ability (logical and critical) Knowledge of basic mathematical Basic knowledge of the engineering background of the specialization in undergraduate engineering degree. Learning ability The score of this test should be used along with other tools like group discussion and interview to check candidates motivation, group behavior, interest, communication/ English speaking ability and over all personality, which plays a major role in forming a decision about suitability of the candidate for the job or program
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Test structure

Name of the Test: G4 Aptitude test for Recruitment (G4 ATR) Time Duration: 60 Min Delivery Mode: computer based in special cases test can be delivered in paper based format. Locking period 60 days (one can repeat the test after 60 days) Validity Period: one year Structure of test: 15 questions on basic mathematics 15 questions on reasoning 15 questions on English 15 questions on technical (optional) Group Discussion- A simple topic is given to group of 10 candidates for discussion for 10- 15 Min duration. Candidates are evaluated on following areas: - Personality - communication skill - command over English language - Group Behavior

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Different parameters

Test Retest Reliability: r =0.85 With a sample of 100 candidates reappeared in the test with a gap of 4 months.
Predictive validity: r=0.47

Content Validation: The content of the test is very much in tune with the desired measured skills, knowledge and abilities for fresh engineers job.

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Benefit and Features of G4 Testing

The benefits and features of computer-based assessment are numerous: Test can be accessed through internet on networked computers or in case of internet bandwith issue we carry the our testing server at campus site and set it up on the campus LAN. Tests can be taken independently of an internet connection, so system failure is minimised Web-based interface accessible compatible with almost all modern internet browsers includes an additional security system to access the tests based on the check of the IP addresses supports an unlimited number of tests, topics, questions and answers supports text formatting and use of images, videos and audio, in the description of the tests, the questions and the answers supports both multiple-answer questions and free-answer questions automatically calculates the cumulative score for multiple answers includes a system to manually evaluate the free answers generates unique tests for each user by randomly selecting questions and possible answers supports timing for starting time and duration of the tests

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Benefit and Features of G4 Testing(Contd)

can generate PDF versions of the tests so that they can be done without using a computer generates reports and statistical data both in XHTML and PDF formats supports the output of the test results for the final user sends test results to users via email The ability to offer tests on demand at times convenient for your candidates Elimination of complex logistics problems, such as the distribution, storage and tracking of test papers Reduction in the time-consuming job of scoring tests and preparing hand written reports Instant results and immediate diagnostic feedback indicating the candidates strengths and areas for improvement

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Sample Test Report

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Test Development

G4 offers a wide range of test development options to help get you started on the route to computer-based assessment. We can offer you a complete suite of test development services including: Test Design Item Writing Reliability and Validity Study Test Development team at G4Solutions consists of highly skilled professionals. They are experts in building or updating examinations and in the application of the science of psychometrics to ensure that your tests are valid, reliable, accurate and consistent.
Test Design Item Writing Validity Editing Study

Job analysis

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Test Design

Good test design is critical to ensuring your assessments are both valid and reliable. Test validity means freedom from measurement error and ensures that the exams measure the skills and knowledge that they are supposed to measure. Reliability relates to the consistency of the measuring technique, i.e. the exams should provide a consistent way to measure different candidates with predictable results. Strong test design is essential to create this combination of validity and reliability and G4 Solutions develops comprehensive and credible tests: Setting test objectives Defining test domains Conducting job task analyses to determine and recommend the mix of skills, knowledge and abilities to be tested Measuring test effectiveness

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Item Writing

The G4 item writing process is designed to ensure that your assessments meet the highest standards of technical accuracy, language quality, reliability and validity. Once the items are written and edited for technical accuracy, our psychometric specialists review test items to ensure quality and Reliability and Validity soundness.
Editing to ensure proper language structure, grammar and spelling is also all part of the service as well as maintaining security and integrity of the item bank.

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Reliability and Validity Study

Reliability and Validity Study plays a key part in every stage of the test development process to ensure that your final product satisfies design objectives, market requirements and legally-defensible standards. Whether you develop your own tests, use G4 tools or we develop tests for you, G4 Solutions offers a full range of Reliability, Predictive Validity and Content validity Study. consultancy services to assist in the test development process and ensure statistical validity and reliability. During the rigorous process of psychometric analysis, we review each item to determine its usefulness and - ultimately - the validity and reliability measures that determine test quality. Reliability indicates the degree to which a test taker would keep the same score if he or she were to take the test more than once. Content validity: The test measures content of interest. Content validity refers to the extent to which the test questions (Items) are representative of the skills in the specified domain.

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References

Mr. P. U. Jacob Senior Manager HR Hexaware Mobile +91 9892513960 Email: jacobp@hexaware.com Avinash C. Sharma Head (HRD) Chandigarh Engineering College Landran (Mohali)-140307 Mobile:+91 98159 93196 Email: cec_tpc@yahoo.com

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Management Team
Anirban Bhaumik CTO MBA New York University, Stern School of Business (USA) MS New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA) BS Regional Engineering College Thor Hendrickson Director G4 Solutions UK MBA London Business School (LBS) BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Andrew Brooker Director Marketing Europe Over forty-years of experience in marketing communication. Having run his own marketing consultancy since 1974, he has spent the last ten years as the Marketing Director of QS (the worlds leading education research and information provider). Bhupesh Daheria Director BS MANIT, founded the Aegis School of Telecommunication Management and Aegis School of Business, India.
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Contact

G4 Solutions India Mahesh Block B, Sector 15 CBD Belapur Navi Mumbai Phone:+91 22 32988871 Email: bd@g4solutionsuk.com Web: www.g4solutionsuk.com www.g4careermapping.com G4 Solutions (United Kingdom) Limited 78/316 Marylebone High Street London W1U 5AP United Kingdom Email: info@g4solutionsuk.com Phone: +44 (0)7968 127 008

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