scholarly journals Examining the Use of Game-Based Assessments for Hiring Autistic Job Seekers

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Colin Willis ◽  
Tracy Powell-Rudy ◽  
Kelsie Colley ◽  
Joshua Prasad
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Hiring Decisions ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
College Graduate

Although people with autism are protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, there is little theoretical or practical effort to determine whether traditional pre-employment assessments unfairly impact autistic job seekers. Due to the lack of emphasis on social communication, game-based assessments (GBAs) may offer a way of assessing candidate ability without disadvantaging autistic candidates. A total of 263 autistic job seekers took one of two game-based assessment packages designed to measure cognitive ability. After comparing their results to 323 college-graduate job seekers in the general population, we found that performance on the GBAs was generally similar in both populations, although some small differences were detected. Implications for hiring decisions are discussed.

Video-Based Intervention to Improve Storytelling Ability in Job Interviews for College Students With Autism

2020 ◽  
pp. 216514342096185
Author(s):  
Vidya D. Munandar ◽  
Leslie A. Bross ◽  
Kathleen N. Zimmerman ◽  
Mary E. Morningstar
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Functional Relation ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Interviews ◽  
Interviewing Skills ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Behavior Description ◽  
Multiple Probe

Job seekers with autism will likely benefit from explicit instruction in job interviewing skills given their social communication support needs. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a video-based intervention (VBI) to increase storytelling ability in responding to Patterned Behavior Description Interview (PBDI) questions in mock job interviews for college students with autism. This type of question is increasingly used in job interviews as a tool to select and hire candidates. A concurrent multiple-probe across participants design was used for four college students with autism (aged 19–38 years). Results indicated a functional relation between VBI and storytelling abilities was present for all participants. Implications for practice and research related to enhancing the job interviewing skills of college students with autism are discussed.

scholarly journals Neurological abnormalities and cognitive ability in first-episode psychosis

2008 ◽  
Vol 193 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Dazzan ◽  
Tuhina Lloyd ◽  
Kevin D. Morgan ◽  
Jolanta Zanelli ◽  
Craig Morgan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
First Episode Psychosis ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Control Group ◽  
General Cognitive Ability ◽  
Affective Psychosis ◽  
Neurological Soft Signs ◽  
Episode Psychosis

BackgroundIt remains unclear if the excess of neurological soft signs, or of certain types of neurological soft signs, is common to all psychoses, and whether this excess is simply an epiphenomenon of the lower general cognitive ability present in psychosis.AimsTo investigate whether an excess of neurological soft signs is independent of diagnosis (schizophrenia v. affective psychosis) and cognitive ability (IQ).MethodEvaluation of types of neurological soft signs in a prospective cohort of all individuals presenting with psychoses over 2 years (n=310), and in a control group from the general population (n=239).ResultsPrimary (P<0.001), motor coordination (P<0.001), and motor sequencing (P<0.001) sign scores were significantly higher in people with any psychosis than in the control group. However, only primary and motor coordination scores remained higher when individuals with psychosis and controls were matched for premorbid and current IQ.ConclusionsHigher rates of primary and motor coordination signs are not associated with lower cognitive ability, and are specific to the presence of psychosis.

scholarly journals Childhood cognitive function and adult psychopathology: associations with psychotic and non-psychotic symptoms in the general population

2012 ◽  
Vol 201 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer H. Barnett ◽  
Fiona McDougall ◽  
Man K. Xu ◽  
Tim J. Croudace ◽  
Marcus Richards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
General Population ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
General Health Questionnaire ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Phenotypic Expression ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Increased Risk

BackgroundLower cognitive ability in childhood is associated with increased risk of future schizophrenia, but its relationship with adult psychotic-like experiences and other psychopathology is less understood.AimsTo investigate whether this childhood risk factor is shared with adult subclinical psychiatric phenotypes including psychotic-like experiences and general psychiatric morbidity.MethodA population-based sample of participants born in Great Britain during 1 week in March 1946 was contacted up to 20 times between ages 6 weeks and 53 years. Cognition was assessed at ages 8, 11 and 15 years using a composite of age-appropriate verbal and non-verbal cognitive tests. At age 53 years, psychotic-like experiences were self-reported by 2918 participants using four items from the Psychosis Screening Questionnaire and general psychiatric morbidity was assessed using the scaled version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28).ResultsPsychotic-like experiences were reported by 22% of participants, and were highly comorbid with other psychopathology. Their presence in adults was significantly associated with poorer childhood cognitive test scores at ages 8 and 15 years, and marginally so at age 11 years. In contrast, high GHQ scores were not associated with poorer childhood cognition after adjustment for the presence of psychotic-like experiences.ConclusionsPsychotic and non-psychotic psychopathologic symptoms are highly comorbid in the general population. Lower childhood cognitive ability is a risk factor for psychotic-like experiences in mid-life; these phenomena may be one end of a continuum of phenotypic expression driven by variation in early neurodevelopment.

Overqualification, mismatched qualification, and hiring decisions

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukta Kulkarni ◽  
Mark L. Lengnick-Hall ◽  
Patricia G. Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Hiring Decisions ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hiring Managers ◽  
Small Organizations ◽  
Selection Decisions ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Job Openings

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how employers define overqualification and mismatched qualification and whether they are willing to hire applicants whose educational and work experience credentials do not match job requirements. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from qualitative interview data from 24 hiring managers across a wide range of US public sector and private industries. Data were analyzed and coded to identify themes related to managers’ perceptions of overqualification, matched, and mismatched qualification, and how these were related to selection decisions. A typology is proposed for categorizing applicant qualification levels and their potential human resource outcomes such as hiring decisions. Findings – Hiring managers report that they are willing to interview and hire individuals whose education or experience exceed a job’s requirements as well as applicants with less than required education, but only if they possess sufficient compensatory experience. Research limitations/implications – Findings may not apply to industries where minimum educational levels are essential or to small organizations with few opportunities for career advancement. Social implications – Given current unemployment and underemployment levels, the findings can inform the job search strategies of job seekers. Overqualified applicants should not refrain from applying to job openings, particularly in organizations with opportunities for advancement and where education is considered an asset. Additionally, applicants should reveal their motivations for pursing positions that are intentional mismatches. Originality/value – In contrast to previous studies conducted during periods of lower unemployment and underemployment, these data include managers’ perceptions of overqualification in a recession and post-recession job market context and thus are especially relevant to today’s employment context. The proposed typology distinguishes between categorizations of qualified, overqualified, and underqualified, and helps refine studies aimed at selection decisions.

scholarly journals Career Decision Making in College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Muliati Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
College Graduate

This study aims to assess the problem of the student's career decision making. The assessment focused on student decisions that are taken on issues that netted a career in the study of student career readiness and maturity. Retrieving data using the theme documentation studies 642 career counseling college graduate job seekers (Fresh graduate) and of note other researchers who have an interest in the study of career. From the results of scrutiny of the results of the study, researchers chose to study the career decision making as the most critical issue that needs to be studied. Students need to understand the problem of why they need education and work after graduation, find and use information, look for an alternative, choose a destination and make a plan.

Toddlers to teenagers: Long-term follow-up study of outcomes in autism spectrum disorder

Autism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther Ben-Itzchak ◽  
Ditza A Zachor
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Adaptive Skills ◽  
Developmental Quotient ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

This prospective study examined the developmental changes over time of adolescents diagnosed in toddlerhood with autism spectrum disorder and searched for child characteristics at toddlerhood that predict outcome at adolescence. The study included 65 participants who were divided into low cognitive (developmental quotient < 85; N = 41) and high cognitive (developmental quotient ⩾ 85; N = 21) groups in adolescence. Participants underwent a comprehensive assessment of cognitive ability, adaptive skills, and autism severity. Significant differences in the current clinical phenotypes and in developmental changes over time were found between the two cognitive groups. At baseline, the high cognitive group had significantly less severe social communication deficits. Only the high cognitive group showed a decrease in social communication deficits over time. Although the two groups did not differ in their adaptive skills at the time of diagnosis, the high cognitive group had better adaptive skills at adolescence. Better adaptive communication skills in toddlerhood were associated with better outcome at adolescence in cognitive ability, adaptive skills, and fewer autism symptoms. Less impaired baseline social affect and better cognitive ability predicted higher cognitive level and adaptive skills at adolescence. Cognitive potential of individuals with autism spectrum disorder plays an important role in long-term outcome and comprehensive evaluations at toddlerhood have strong prognostic value in adolescence.

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