There is no greater tragedy in the business world than hiring
perfectly competent employees for jobs in which they are destined to
fail. When this occurs, their potential is wasted. Hiring solutions
measure essential behavior characteristics an employer needs to make the
most intelligent hiring and selection decisions.
This article will provide information that can help you better
understand how assessments and job performance models really work for
selecting successful employees for particular jobs in your organization.
Whether you are a business owner, executive, or manager, the following
information will be beneficial to you.
The key to helping you make better hiring decisions and understanding
the core characteristics of your top performers is employee
assessments. The solutions actually help talent acquisition
professionals and hiring managers predict job suitability and accurately
match people with the work they will do in their new jobs.
Today, many organizations use assessments prior to and during the
interview process to learn more about job candidates. There are many
kinds of employee assessments available, but the most successful hiring
assessments use performance models to benchmark the qualities and skills
of top performers of a specific job position. This feature increases
consistency and success in the hiring process.
Such assessments, like the
ProfileXT®,
combine tested and reliable data derived from pre-employment screening
assessments with a customized job analysis survey to create a benchmark.
This benchmark matches candidates to the specific job and the company
culture. By including job fit as a key factor in your employee selection
process, your hiring process will be significantly more effective.
How do benchmarks work?
Based on objective criteria, your management team selects top
performers in a given position. The top performing employees are
assessed on their mental ability, behavioral traits and occupational
interest, which include the following core competencies:
- Learning index
- Verbal skill and reasoning
- Numerical ability and reasoning
- Energy level
- Assertiveness
- Sociability
- Manageability
- Attitude
- Decisiveness
- Independence
- Enterprising
- People Service
- Creative
- Mechanical
- Technical
- Financial
- Objective judgement
- Accommodating
A long list, but each competency plays a vital role in outlining the
characteristics of an individual. This data is used to create a unique
job fit profile that lays the foundation for the skills and
characteristics required by your company for selecting and hiring
talented people.
A job profile analysis allows multiple managers to weigh their
opinions and express views regarding a specific position. Once this job
analysis has been completed, managers' responses are entered into the
assessment center for processing. The result is a unique job profile,
which we call a "performance model." Candidates applying or under
consideration for that job will take the assessment, which will produce
their behavioral profile. Then their profiles are compared to the
performance model for the said job under consideration. This allows you
to determine where the candidates share common characteristics to your
top performers as well as where they differ.
Another great feature of such employee assessments is that they
provide customized, comprehensive interview questions that are designed
specifically for each candidate based on their assessment results. These
specific interview questions are approved by the Department of Labor
and can be used in the second interview. This gives your managers a
critical advantage in the hiring process. But remember, the assessment
results should only be used in one third of the hiring decision process.
Using employee assessments in your hiring and selection process will
give you a competitive edge as you increase consistency and success in
hiring talented employees. Matching people with the work they do creates
a solid workforce that has the right people in the right positions. So
there you have it, here at Profiles International we don't mind sharing
our secrets of success!
Learn more about how assessments can impact your business today! Contact Parsley Performance Solutions for a free consultation.
Originally posted on Workplace 101 blog
