AMCC Screening Workgroup

Screening Workgroup Goals:

Key Issue: The development of a community-wide, talent-based screening tool

Develop a community-wide screening process that can be used to help identify individuals who exhibit the "deal-breaker" that make them ineligible for successful employment. Identified areas of ineligibility include:

• Drug use
• Poor attendance - not showing up
• Lack of basic math and reading skills
• Felony convictions for a violent crime
• Lack of attention to safety and rules
• Not a team player
• Poor work ethic
• No sense of urgency
• Lack of general intelligence

Key Focal Points:

• Complete a screening matrix of tools currently being used by local employers in addition to commonly used assessment products known to be utilized throughout the state.
• Assess those tools against the "deal-breakers", reliability and validity.
• Develop a process that will include drug screening and background checks.
• Identify a cost-effective assessment tool to address remaining characteristics that will meet the needs of employers.
• Review assessment tools with employers.
• Determine cost for assessment and how this will be paid.
• Finalize implementation plan.