| Firefighters A Case Study from the Max Impact Family |
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Highlighting Top-Performing Firefighters
Even a team already using a sophisticated and effective method for choosing employees, such as a high-
performing fire and rescue unit, can benefit from Profile XT®.
Look at the example of just such a unit operating in a large city. The department operated from a
foundation of hiring strength by selecting applicants who had already passed a written exam, a test of
physical abilities, and an evaluation that an industrial psychologist performed.
But leaders decided to see if they could refine their selection process even more. They chose the PXT™
Job Match to help identify those with the potential to become top performers.
Participants
The department chose 24 firefighters to participate in the online assessment. Established performance
evaluations showed that 14 operated at top levels. The other 10, while good employees, had not yet
reached the top performance rating.
Job Match Pattern
A Job Match Pattern came from examining assessment results for the 14 top-ranked firefighters. Next, the department applied this pattern to all 24 firefighters, and noted an
overall percent match for each one. They selected 80 percent to represent a good match to the Job Match Pattern; this means that a score of 80 percent or greater should
identify a top performer.
Results
Of the 24 performers:
Summary
With 79 percent of top performers and 20 percent of less-than-top performers meeting the Job Match score of 80 percent or higher, the department learned how PXT can
fit hand-in-hand with the initial selection of firefighters. These ratios reflect the power of the pattern developed for this organization to select top candidates, and
demonstrate that the fire and rescue department would overlook few potential high performers when using the matching process properly.
Contact us to learn how to duplicate this success story in your organization.
Even a team already using a sophisticated and effective method for choosing employees, such as a high-
performing fire and rescue unit, can benefit from Profile XT®.
Look at the example of just such a unit operating in a large city. The department operated from a
foundation of hiring strength by selecting applicants who had already passed a written exam, a test of
physical abilities, and an evaluation that an industrial psychologist performed.
But leaders decided to see if they could refine their selection process even more. They chose the PXT™
Job Match to help identify those with the potential to become top performers.
Participants
The department chose 24 firefighters to participate in the online assessment. Established performance
evaluations showed that 14 operated at top levels. The other 10, while good employees, had not yet
reached the top performance rating.
Job Match Pattern
A Job Match Pattern came from examining assessment results for the 14 top-ranked firefighters. Next, the department applied this pattern to all 24 firefighters, and noted an
overall percent match for each one. They selected 80 percent to represent a good match to the Job Match Pattern; this means that a score of 80 percent or greater should
identify a top performer.
Results
Of the 24 performers:
- Eleven of the 14 top-ranked firefighters, or 79 percent of them, scored 80 percent or higher on the Job Match.
- Two of 10 not identified as top performers scored 80 percent or higher on the Job Match, for a selection rate of 20 percent. Looked at another way, eight of these
10 did NOT score at the Job Match percentage.
Summary
With 79 percent of top performers and 20 percent of less-than-top performers meeting the Job Match score of 80 percent or higher, the department learned how PXT can
fit hand-in-hand with the initial selection of firefighters. These ratios reflect the power of the pattern developed for this organization to select top candidates, and
demonstrate that the fire and rescue department would overlook few potential high performers when using the matching process properly.
Contact us to learn how to duplicate this success story in your organization.
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