Assessment tools are essential for a range of projects.
Whether recruiting or restructuring, making sure that the best people for your business are identified, selected and then developed is one of the biggest challenges you can face. It is possible to use different assessment tools for different projects.
Assessment Centre - Group Exercise
Assessment tools can be used for:
- Recruitment & Selection – predict job potential and performance, job and cultural fit, possible career derailing behaviours, motivation drivers and pre-employment checks
- Organisational Change – role transitions, employee engagement and performance management
- Talent Management – succession planning, career management, employee engagement programmes, mentoring and internal training initiatives
- Personal Development – career management & outplacement
- Leadership Potential – work style behaviour & self awareness
- Team Effectiveness – improve motivation, communication and performance
Different Assessment Tools
- Psychometric Tests
- Presentations
- Group activities
- Social & informal events
- Information sessions
- In tray
- Case study
- Written exercise
My favourite assessment tools are psychometric tests, the ones where I can identify candidate’s potential – their behaviours and certain characteristics. WAVE is particular interesting and so is 15FQ+. MBTI® is also a great assessment tool although it should never be used in selection and recruitment.
As far as assessment tools go, in-tray exercises and group discussion can add value to an assessment or development centre. And exercises that imitate real job tasks can demonstrate the abilities of the candidates.