Readiness and Selection Assessment of Equal Opportunity Advisors
Abstract
In its pre-COVID-19 structure, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institutes (DEOMI) Equal Opportunity Advisor Course and Equal Opportunity Advisor Reserve Component Course training program allocated a substantial amount of time to activities in which students were challenged to (a) increase self-awareness (e.g., become aware of their personalities and biases) and (b) leverage that increased self-awareness to identify how their personalities and biases affected their performance as equal opportunity professionals. This time-intensive approach has required considerable effort on the part of DEOMI training staff. This paper considers an alternative in which an assessment might be employed to ascertain either who might be an appropriate equal opportunity advisor (EOA) trainee or one needing remedial training. This paper reports a study in which the relevant literature was reviewed, 25 relevant assessments available in the literature were considered, and two commercially available assessments were recommended: Aon's ADEPT-15 personality test and a fully customizable biodata test. Consideration of all available instruments took into account the assessment of prospective EOA trainees, EOA trainees, and EOA trainers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 22, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1211266
Entities
People
- Alan L. Witt
Organizations
- Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute