Matching Recruits to Jobs: The Enlisted Personnel Allocation System

Abstract

This U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) Special Report on the Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS) presents the history and current status of the Army's enlisted personnel selection and classification system. It is written for policy-makers, managers, and human resources personnel. The report includes a discussion of the theoretical and practical aspects of selection and classification testing in the context of Army operations dating back to World War I. EPAS, the optimal person-job matching software developed by ARI, is described along with its potential to improve the effectiveness of the Army's classification system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA382909

Entities

People

  • Mary A. Lightfoot
  • Peter F. Ramsberger

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Batch Processing
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Personnel Selection
  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Software Engineering.