OntoHR is a personnel selection and training platform that takes an individualized approach to assessing and developing job knowledge. It provides detailed, personalized assessments of technical competencies and job knowledge required for a position. OntoHR evaluates applicants' prior experiences and general mental ability against specific job requirements, and provides personalized e-learning based on test results to help match applicants to positions and reduce initial training costs for organizations. Applicants benefit from a comprehensive evaluation, personalized learning plans, and a fair and structured testing environment.

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BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND WORKPLACE
OntoHR is a personnel selection and training platform
that takes an individualized approach to the assessment and
development of job knowledge.
On the basis of cutting edge semantic technology, OntoHR
provides detailed personalized assessment and training of
essential technical competencies and related job knowledge
elements that are required for a certain position.
Background Benefits for Organizations
Current employee selection practices concentrate mainly on · OntoHR is a powerful tool to pre-select applicants
broad educational qualifications and testing of dispositional · Applicants are evaluated and ranked based on their real,
characteristics. These, however, are often too crude for valid job knowledge, resulting in greater person – job
purposes of personnel selection. Therefore the OntoHR demands – abilities fit.
approach utilizes job knowledge as a predictor of future Job · OntoHR cuts selection and initial training costs, by its
Performance. Job knowledge, as opposed to disposition, has enhanced applicant – position matching and personalized
the major advantage of being malleable, thus allowing for a training modules.
person centered approach to personnel selection. With the · Tests are customized to the requirements of a particular
help of novel semantic technology, applicants’ real previous position
experiences (both professional and educational) and their · Tests are adaptive and fully personalized
General Mental Ability (GMA) are evaluated against specific · Based on the evaluation a personal training programme is
job requirements (job knowledge based technical offered to applicants.
competencies) for a particular position (see Figure 1 below). · The OntoHR concept is based on years of solid academic
research in the fields of HRM and IT.
Benefits for Applicants
· Easy to access, online interface
· Easy to use and straightforward test environment
· Comprehensive presentation of results
· Personalized learning plan for knowledge deficiencies
· Supports fair and ethical testing
Steps for a successful Pre-Selection
Figure 1. Job Knowledge mediates the relationship between
1. OntoHR JOB MODELLING: Set up structured job knowledge
GMA, training experience and the expected job performance requirements for a particular position
2. OntoHR ASSESSMENT: Based on the job model we test
What does OntoHR offer? candidates' job knowledge and GMA
· Customizable, adaptive job knowledge test 3. OntoHR EVALUATION:
· General Mental Ability test a. Pre-select employees or candidates for the position
· Applicant ranking based on integrated Job Knowledge and b. Provide a structured job knowledge evaluation report
GMA test performance c. Provide feedback to candidates in order to improve
their job knowledge
· Automatic and tailored e-Learning content delivery on the
basis of test results d. Provision personalized learning content on job
knowledge elements
· Cutting-edge semantic technology for job knowledge
structuring, testing and, evaluation
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