Promoting inclusive recruiting and selection into military training schools: Admission waivers versus retesting.
Daniel McNeish,
Denis Dumas,
Yixiao Dong
et al.
Abstract:There is high-level interest in diversifying workforces, which has led organizations-including the U.S. Armed Forces-to reevaluate recruiting and selection practices. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has encountered particular difficulties in diversifying its workforce, and it relies mainly on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) for assigning active-duty recruits to one of 19 specialized training schools. When recruits' scores fall below ASVAB entrance standards, the USCG sometimes offers admissi… Show more
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