Tuesday 29 October 2013

People Central on Psychological Testing and Recruitment

By Colin James


People Central Limited is a Hawkes Bay company focusing on psychometric testing and assessment. A common shopper will be an employer that is looking to hire a member of staff.

"The employer either brings us in at the beginning of the process or, because of a niggling feeling that they're missing something, we come in at the end", announces Steve Evans, Director and Founding figure behind People Central. "Having an impartial 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 bosses hire persons based on their capacity, and fire them on the grounds of their personality, usually at substantial financial expense to the employer and emotional cost to the employee. Evans announces "Psychometric testing falls into two main categories, personality questions measure sides of personality and ability tests measure intellectual and reasoning capability. When referring to recruitment, ability testing is excellent for working out if an applicant has the core capabilities necessary for greatness in a job. Many bosses don't realize that it is a fact that interviews and reference checks alone don't qualify when referring to determining someone's ability to get the job done. "

The sorts of psychometric testing People Central recommend would be specific to the job, but Evans says that a typical capacity test would cover: oral and numeral reasoning, abstract reasoning, clerical accuracy and ability to check, commercial proficiency, and technical ability. Personality tests identify applicants whose behavior aligns with behavior associated with pre-eminence in a specific business. When undertaking psychometric testing for personality, the following factors can be identified: whether a candidate is probably going to price and support a business culture, competencies and aspirations; how they are likely to engage with team-mates, clients, and providers; and how they are probably going to cope with the strains and strains of the job.As for that petty feeling, Evans understands that employers can feel like they are in a steam cooker situation, "Frequently there is a deadline approaching, and a fair quantity of work to be done, otherwise bosses feel that there's a low pool of abilities available locally. "

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




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