Career Services from Measurability

I work with a wide variety of clients across a number of sectors offering psychometric testing services. I was not surprised at the comments of a new client earlier this week – “testing really added value to our recruiting”.

For employers who have not used testing – PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS DO WORK.

CASE STUDY

This above client had a very basic recruitment process. They did not have a HR department and they relied on a two interview process and a few references. Two bad hires in the space of 3 months changed all of this. Both interviewers liked the two bad hires at interview and all references had checked out. As I explained this is the problem with traditional techniques – they do not work!!

They turned to us to explore the benefits of testing. They trialed the tools themselves (discounted rate). They liked what they saw and introduced testing to the next recruitment project. They used the OPQ32 personality questionnaire for candidates progressing to second round interview. Anyway they hired one of the applicants and this guy seems to be working out well.

What did they learn?

- Testing adds value to existing recruitment process.
- It does not cost an arm and a leg.
- It is easy to introduce with no extra work for the employer
- Information is supplied in a user friendly format.

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Ability tests play an essential part in the recruitment and selection process for many organisations. They provide objective information to help companies make hiring decisions. Research has proven that Ability Tests will increase the chances of hiring the right staff as they enable you to measure an applicants current ability and future potential. Two of the most common Ability Tests are Verbal Ability Tests and Numerical Ability Tests.Paper and Pencil v Online Ability TestsNormally ability tests are carried out in a classroom environment in paper and pencil format. Advances in technology have resulted in many ability tests being available online. The obvious benefits of online testing include;

- ability to sift large numbers of applicants very quickly

- removed the need to bring applicants on-site to complete the tests and the logistics involved

- ability to assess candidates who are situated in different regions.

Summed they save time and money while involving candidates in a fair and objective process.

There was a big question mark about letting applicants complete ability tests online remotely. Was the applicant actually doing the test themselves. To combat this it was recommended that all applicants invited for interview were retested on the day of the interview. Sounds like hard work!!

There is now a online tool called Verify which enables online ability tests while combating the outlined problem. It offers a new superior approach to unsupervised online testing.

If you are interested in psychometric testing, ability tests or personality questionnaire feel free to contact us for more information.