Latest SABPP factsheet deals with SA’s changing talent assessment landscape
The South African Board for People Practices (SABPP) has released its August 2020 factsheet. The document was compiled by a number of subject matter experts, including Evalex’s business development director David Bischof. David is also the current chairperson for Assessment Standards South African (ASSA) and the People Assessments in Industry (PAI), an interest group that forms a part of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology South Africa (SIOPSA).
The document, titled “Changing Talent Assessment Landscape”, deals with the evolving talent assessment landscape, the evolving legislative and regulatory context in South Africa, and the role of the HR practitioner when it comes to selection and talent assessment.
The introduction to the factsheet reads as follows:
As organisations, the world of work, and technologies are evolving, so is the talent assessment landscape. This factsheet explores the changing talent assessment landscape in South Africa and the new generation of assessments that are enabled by the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies. These technologies are reshaping the nature of assessments and the assessment space, whether specific processes or the entire end-to-end process of assessments.
There are advantages in terms of convenience, candidate engagement, efficiency, and accuracy. However, there are also disadvantages and concerns regarding these changes. HR practitioners need to recognise these and understand how these could be addressed by sound theory, research, peer review and policy.
In relation to policy, the factsheet discusses the evolving legislative and regulatory context in South Africa and how psychological tests and assessments are defined and regulated in terms of classification and certification.