The Statistics Speak For Themselves
The U.S. Department of Labor forecasts that employment opportunities for police officers and detectives are projected to grow 5% between 2019 and 2029, which is faster than the average for all occupations.
CareerExplorer forecasts that the U.S. will need 47,700 additional police officers during the next 10 years–an increase by 7%.
A study conducted by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) shows that 8.5% of police officers are eligible for retirement and another 15.5 % will become eligible within five years.
Top Skills & Abilities to Look For in Law Enforcement Officers
Problem Solving
Ability to think quickly, evaluate situations, and exercise good judgement to resolve issues.
Communication Skills
Ability to work effectively with people in other agencies as well as the general public.
Administrative Management
Ability to document and handle evidence and file reports that will serve as public record.
Law Enforcement Tests You Should Use
Standard Job-Based Tests: Includes Police Officer, Corrections Officer, Emergency Manager, 911 Emergency Dispatcher, Safety Coordinator, and more.
Standard Subject-Based Tests: Includes General Policing Knowledge, Local Government, General Corrections Officer Knowledge, Community Emergency Management, and more.
Customize Over 800 Modular Subjects: Create a multi-subject test in seconds by hand-picking questions from Problem Solving and Decision Making, Written and Verbal Communication, Legal Terminology, Emergency Medical Treatment, Attention to Detail, and more.
Simulations: Determine if candidates can do a job by asking them to complete realistic simulations such as Multitasking, Chat, Word and Excel. We can also create custom simulations on request.
Situational Judgement Tests (SJT): Assess candidates’ Job Fit for a position and determine whether they will succeed in your corporate culture using Customer Service, Sales, Remote Leadership and Change Management SJTs.
Upload Your Own Content: Create Law Enforcement Tests using your own content and questions and use eSkill Author to customize them.
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Administrator
City of Cleveland
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Kim Woolman
HR Specialist
County of St. Clair
“Simulation and large variety of questions and subject matter. Our experience has bee very positive. We are utilizing it more and more every year.”
Caroline Pierce
Employment Coordinator
City of Edmond
“It’s easy to utilize, customize; real time results, consistency of the grading/testing for the applicants. It has been a great tool for us to utilize because we have so many diverse divisions with different admin duties – we can customize the test for their needs when looking at applicants for their vacancies.”
Lawrence Davidson
Finance manager
Parks Canada
“The wide variety of topical questions made creating an initial assessment tool easy”
Why Choose eSkill’s Law Enforcement and Police Officer Tests
- eSkill makes assessing candidates’ job skills, psychological fit, and interview presentation easy and saves you time.
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- Our job-tailored tests and video interviews will most accurately predict training needs and job fit with maximum legal compliance.
- Select from over 800 standard tests, or easily customized skills and behavioral tests from thousands of topics relevant to your job or training requirements.
- eSkill will help you hire better-qualified employees more quickly with defensible compliance.
- Broward County, Harris County, Contra Costa County the City of St Paul, and many other local government agencies use eSkill’s employment assessments to find highly qualified employees. Learn why .
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