Oct 24, 2013

People Central on Psychometric Testing and Recruitment

By Colin James


People Central L.T.D is a Hawkes Bay company concentrating on psychometric testing and assessment. A normal shopper will be an employer that is needing to hire a staff member.

"The employer either brings us in at the beginning of the process or, due to a niggling feeling that they are missing something, we come in at the end", says Steve Evans, Director and Founder of People Central. "Having a unprejudiced third party on the selection panel provides great understanding for the employer, especially when the third party is qualified in psychometric testing!".

In Evans experience, most employers hire persons based on their capacity, and fire them on the grounds of their personality, customarily at considerable finance expense to the employer and emotional cost to the employee. Evans claims "Psychometric testing falls into two main categories, personality questions measure aspects of personality and talent tests measure intellectual and reasoning ability. When referring to recruitment, capacity testing is glorious for working out if an applicant has the core capabilities necessary for success in a job. Many employers don't realise that it is a fact that interviews and reference checks alone don't make the grade when it comes to determining someone's ability to get the job done. "

The types of psychometric testing People Central counsel would be restricted to the job, but Evans asserts that a typical ability test would cover: oral and numeral reasoning, abstract reasoning, clerical accuracy and ability to check, industrial proficiency, and technical ability. Personality tests identify applicants whose behavior aligns with behavior linked with success in a specific business. When undertaking psychometric testing for personality, the factors below can be identified: whether a candidate is in all likelihood to value and support a business culture, competencies and desires; how they are probably to engage with team-mates, clients, and providers; and how they are likely to deal with the strains and strains of the job.As for that paltry feeling, Evans understands that companies can feel that they are in a pressure cooker situation, "Frequently there is a cut off point approaching, and a fair quantity of work to be done, otherwise bosses feel that there's a low pool of abilities available in the neighborhood. "

Evans urges bosses to bring in a professional to undertake psychometric testing, he says "The final result is going to be invaluable for the employer".




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