Career Services from Measurability

 Psychometric Testing and Career Tests can help you with career direction and career planning. They provide objective information to help you understand yourself better. There are a wide variety of tools available on the market across personality, motivation and interest. Career Coaches and Career Guidance Officers normally use these tools to help individuals find the right career path.

 An interest inventory is a popular assessment tool used to facilitate career planning and career direction. We use SHL’s Career Pathfinder which is one of the leading career interest tests on the market.

Career Pathfinder

Career Pathfinder will identify where your interest lies against 6 interest areas – People, Enterprise, Data, Resources, Artistic & Ideas.

An example – If you have a preference for people.

People – Individuals who prefer this area like to work with people and enjoy working in groups.  They are likely to enjoy duties that involve caring or helping people with their problems.  A preference “people” may suggest someone who likes coaching, teaching, or developing others. Jobs may be found in Medical, Health, Education, Training, Advising, Travel, Hospitality or Sports

For information about career assessment tools contact Measurability. We work with individuals everyday helping them get their careers back on track.

There are many providers in the market. We use SHL because we think they are the best and so do most employers in Ireland. SHL is a global leader of assessment tools with a wide range of ability tests and personality questionnaires. SHL is leading the way in assessment with revolutionary introductions to the market like Verify – online ability testing. It also has established market leaders like the OPQ32 personality questionnaire – leading the way for 25 years.

We are SHL Partners .

Their range of tools includes:

Ability Tests – (online and paper tests) We offer numerical and verbal ability tests for all levels of the organisation. We also offer other ability tests including a full suite of clerical/admin tests and IT related ability tests. If you want to test managerial know how – we offer scenarios which will assess managerial ability.

Personality Questionnaires – We offer 5 personality questionnaires including the leading OPQ32. There are a wide range of recruitment and development reports available. Many of these are designed for untrained users.

Motivation Questionnaires - Motivation is powerful for development and performance enhancement. Motivation questionnaires are available online.

For more information on any of the above tools or information about Measurability and our services visit our website. We help many employers assess and select the right talent in Ireland. We would be happy to help you too.

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.