The JobBank Descriptive Guide for
The Reid Report® 29th Edition

The Reid Report^® 29th Edition helps evaluate applicant attitudes and behaviours that are associated with high levels of integrity. It may be used for positions where basic trustworthiness is not enough and integrity is an important consideration. Use of The Reid Report ^® provides businesses and industries with a psychologically sound, research-based pre-employment screening technique that goes beyond routine methods of interviews and background checks.

The following descriptions represent the scales that The Reid Report ^® uses to achieve this goal:

Attitudes

Integrity (IA)

The Integrity (IA) scale is designed to help measure a candidate’s attitudes about integrity and general productivity. Higher scores on the Integrity scale are generally associated with more desirable attitudes.

Admission

Social Behaviour (SB)

The Social Behaviour (SB) section consists of questions about the candidate’s experience at work and elsewhere. The questions that make up this section seek information about a candidate’s criminal acts and convictions.

Substance Use (SU)

The Substance Use (SU) section consists of questions that are designed to elicit candidate admissions of recent use of illegal drugs at work and away from work.

Work Background (WB)

The Work Background (WB) section consists of questions that collect information about on-the-job safety and the candidate’s work experience, attendance record, and reason for leaving previous jobs.

Scores

The candidate’s score on the Integrity section is presented graphically and numerically by percentile rank. Percentile Rank indicates how the candidate’s attitudes about integrity compare to those of other candidates in the norm group. Norms are created from the results of many individual administrations of the assessment. Norms indicate the average score on the assessment and the relative proportion of people who received each possible score. For instance, a candidate who scores at a percentile rank of 64 has a score that is better than the scores obtained by 63% of applicants who have completed the assessment.

Procedure

• The assessment may be administered by computer or by using a paper and pencil version. As such, both individual and group administration may be facilitated.
• Although not a timed assessment, The Reid Report ^® is usually completed within 30 minutes.
• Once scored, a computer-generated report is created that reflects each individual’s scores. This report also provides a list of Significant Admissions and additional information as well as a list of interview questions. An overall rating of Recommend, Qualified Recommend or Not Recommended is also provided.
• If required, a spreadsheet comparing the scores of those assessed can also be provided. This is at an additional cost which is determined when the number of test-takers is confirmed.