The Use of Assessment Center Technology for the Prevention and Reduction of Professional Burnout

Abstract

Dynamism of professional activity, increasing workload and working time shortage, high social responsibility for results and other factors increase the probability of formation of burnout in government employees. This actualizes the search for new forms and methods of professional qualification of government employees based on an assessment of their psychological qualities. We discuss the problem of professional and personal burnout in Rosreestr employees, reveal the symptoms of this syndrome. As a tool for preventing and reducing the negative impact of professional deformation in Rosreestr workers, we propose the use of assessment center technology successfully tested in the international practice and requiring adaptation to Russian realities.

Keywords

• professional burnout and deformation
• government employees
• Rosreestr employees
• selection and recruitment
• staff turnover
• assessment center technology
• personality traits