Profiling

Whether you are a believer or a doubter, we would like to assure you that psychometric tools are VERY well researched and over the years have been proved to really work – when used properly. When used as assessment tools they should complement and support other programmes and exercises. They should never be used in isolation.

Psychometric testing is based on either Aptitude (testing skills such as verbal and numerical reasoning and logical thinking) and Personality testing.

Selecting the right test for the right job is an important activity. Many organisations make a mistake of ‘one size fits all’ – this does not work with psychometrics. Talk to Assessment4Potential. and as accredited users, will guide you through the maze and recommend the right tool for the right project.

We use tests for the following activities:

• Career counseling
• Executive Coaching
• Management Development
• Recruitment (certain restrictions apply)
• Team Building

Alternative applications

Psychometric ability & personality tests are valuable but not total solutions. We can also help you with a range of profiling tools that are not classed as psychometric ‘tests’ but which do provide valuable information. These include:

• 360 degree feedback tools
• Learning Styles Inventory
• Belbin & other team role profiles
• Culture surveys
• Leadership profiles etc.

Application for Recruitment and Selection

As a first step it can assist companies, large or small, to understand some of the key personality traits of their existing high-performing employees. Armed with this information you can then decide to target potential candidates with those traits in future recruitment campaigns.

It may be that you can’t decide between two or three excellent candidates and would like some external support to build a deeper understanding of the individuals.

Benefits of Psychometric Testing (Profiling)

• Deeper knowledge of the individual
• Confirmation of gut feelings you may have had from face-to-face interactions
• Ability to benchmark candidates against each other, especially in aptitude testing in an objective manner

Personnel Today revealed that Four-fifths believe recruitment benefits from psychometric tests. The results of a survey amongst CEOs, managing directors and company owners also listed:

§ 82% respondents cite staff as the company’s single most valuable asset

§ 46% respondents spend 1-3 months a year seeking replacement staff

§ 78% respondents believe that recruitment practices benefit from the use of psychometric profiling.

We’d like to recommend the recently launched Psychometric Testing Pocketbook, which offers the non-specialist working in HR and management a clear, practical insight into how workplace testing can improve recruitment, selection, promotion and assist organisational development.

Psychometric testing helps employers to assess people, in a way which gives results that are objective, systematic, reliable and valid. The Psychometric Testing Pocketbook offers insight into how these tests can improve recruitment, selection, promotion and assist organisational development. The book takes a practical approach and is aimed at the non-specialist reader. It explains the process of test selection and demonstrates, with the aid of case studies, how some of the more popular tests can be applied to achieve workplace solutions. In better understanding the unique characteristics of its individuals, organisations are equipped to undertake a range of actions, including building effective teams, implementing change and identifying future leaders. This pocketbook not only benefits employers, but also provides employees with an understanding of what is involved in completing such tests and how the results can focus career counselling and development plans

For more information on Pyschometric tools, contact Lynn.

Lynn Tulip Career Management Consultant M. 07801 689801 S. margot121 W. http://www.assessment4potential.com

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