Prediction of job success from the application blank

Abstract

Using 244 employees of an RCA plant, tetrachoric coefficients of correlation between job success (as measured by merit ratings) and 20 items in the application blank are given. When the original applications were scored check-list fashion with a validated key, the checklist raw scores correlated .35 with job success. Approximately 10% of job success was accounted for by autobiographical factors reported in the employment application blank. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)