Matching Recruits to Jobs: The Enlisted Personnel Allocation System

Abstract : This U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) Special Report on the Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS) presents the history and current status of the Army's enlisted personnel selection and classification system. It is written for policy-makers, managers, and human resources personnel. The report includes a discussion of the theoretical and practical aspects of selection and classification testing in the context of Army operations dating back to World War I. EPAS, the optimal person-job matching software developed by ARI, is described along with its potential to improve the effectiveness of the Army's classification system.