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Psychometric Testing in Ireland

At Measurability we provide expert psychometric testing services for employers and individuals. We offer EMPLOYERS psychometric testing solutions to support recruitment, selection and development. We offer INDIVIDUALS psychometric testing solutions to support careers decisions and choices.

As a partner of SHL we offer the leading psychometric assessment tools on the market in Ireland. SHL offer you the opportunity to trial their tests online. If you like what you see why not contact us to get more information about how we can help EMPLOYERS make better hiring decisions and INDIVIDUALS make better career decisions.

Free Online Psychometric & Career Assessment Tests

If you are interested in trialing free online psychometric tests – ability tests, personality questionnaires, motivational questionnaires visit this link.

Measurability for Psychometric Testing solutions

If you are an EMPLOYER and would like more information about psychometric testing contact us now. We deal with a wide variety of clients in Ireland – Psychometric Testing Clients.

If you are an INDIVIDUAL at a career crossroads and you would like to avail of psychometric testing or career tests read what other satisfied jobseekers had to say about our Career Tests & Career Coaching.

The problem with traditional interviews is that they are subjective. A weak handshake or no tie can influence your judgment about an interviewee. Traditional interviews have 4 possible outcomes.

True positive – You interview a candidate and they do a good interview. You hire the individual and they work out great in the job.

True negative – You interview a candidate at interview and they do a terrible interview. You deem them not suitable for your role and you were correct in your assessment. If hired they would not have performed in the job.

False positive – This is when a candidate does a great interview and you hire them. Unfortunately they do not turn out as good as you thought.

False negative – This is when you interview a candidate. They do a poor interview and you reject the applicant. Unfortunately they would have worked out well and performed in the role.

Employers need to reduce False Positive and False Negative scenarios as these can hurt your company and cost you dearly.

Psychometric testing can help you improve your hiring decisions. Ability tests and personality questionnaires can provide valuable objective information such as;

If the applicant has good numerical ability – an applicant with a degree as does not mean that they are good with numbers – be warned!!

If an applicant enjoys working with numbers – just because they are good with numbers does not mean that they enjoy working with numbers.

If an applicant can work on his own – if you are hiring for a position that involves working in isolation how do you assess if an applicant prefers to work on their own?

If an applicant enjoys negotiating and selling. They may be skilled interviewers and strong communicators BUT hate selling.

If an applicant enjoys competition. Put an uncompetitive person in a competitive environment and you will watch them wither.

If an applicant has a good attention to detail. What if your accountant did not have a good attention to detail? What if your Senior Buyer did not have a good attention to detail.

These are just some examples of information that psychometric testing can provide to support your recruitment decisions. If you would like more information contact Measurability.

What type of online testing and assessment is available in  Ireland?

There are now a wide variety of tests and assessment available online to help employers hire the right staff. The available assessment tools include

Online Ability / Aptitude Tests – The most popular online ability tests are numerical and verbal tests. Initially these we developed for graduate recruitment as this is where there was the biggest demand for the service. Nowadays there are online tests for Management, Professionals, Graduates and clerical roles. These tests provide valuable information on current ability and future potential of applicants

Online Personality Questionnaires – Personality questionnaires are available from many providers. It is important to choose wisely though. We use SHL as they have a great reputation in the market place. They have a number of personality questionnaires and available recruitment reports but the most common is the OPQ32. See a sample recruitment report from the OPQ32.

Online motivation questionnaire – This is a great psychometric assessment tool for staff development and to improve the performance of teams and individuals. See a sample report from the motivation questionnaire.

What are the benefits of online testing and assessment?

There are many benefits of psychometric testing. Ultimately it helps employers hire the best candidate for the job. On the flip side introducing testing to your recruitment process is fair and objective which benefits the jobseeker. There is also the cost saving associated with hiring the right person. This article will provide other reasons to use psychometric testing.

Measurability offer assessment solutions to organisations in Ireland. We offer a wide range of assessment tools including those outlined above. We offer cost effective solutions that will enable you to access assessment tools without the investment in training and technology. To find out more about our services check out our website and if you have any questions please feel free to contact us.

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.

Hiring the wrong staff costs more than you think!!!

Let’s look at the cost of a bad hire. It is estimated that the cost of a wrong hire can be up to 3 times the salary of that employee – this means hiring a Sales person on 35k could potentially cost you 100k if you employ the wrong person. The potential costs are split in obvious costs and the hidden ones.

Obvious costs include:- Your time spent during the recruitment process – often ignored
- Advertising the job in the papers or online – Irish Times don’t do free adverts
- Recruitment agency fees – those bloody agencies – money for nothing!!
- Training expense – very rare than a new employee hits the ground running.
- Salary & benefits during time in the company – yes that’s right you pay these poor performersHidden costs include:

- Managing poor performance – How much do you enjoy babysitting?
- Negative impact on co-workers – I know one employer who fired his top sales person otherwise he would have lost about 7 staff.
- Lost customers – They are fragile little things
- Missed opportunity and potential sales – Oh I didn’t want to push him.
- Compensation, severance and legal fees – We all know what the tribunals cost.
- Cost of recruiting and training a replacement – Lets start again from the beginning.

You can say I am not hiring a sales person but I know of an administrator who priced a part wrong – cost 500k and I know of an accounts person who forgot the VAT returns – big fine. There are many examples.

My father is a carpenter and always says – “measure twice and cut once”

Want to ensure you don’t make a bad hire – click. Measurability offers all you psychometrics and assessment need including personality questionnaires, ability and aptitude tests and motivation questionnaires.