Psychometric testing
Psychometric testing
Recruiting the wrong person into a role is costly, time-consuming and frustrating for all parties involved.
Increasingly, employers are turning to more scientific methods, such as personality testing, to help them improve the selection process. And this is where psychometric testing comes in.
Psychometric assessments can reveal a large amount of precise information about a job applicant, measuring either aptitude or personality – or both.
Whatever your recruitment need, it is now widely accepted that objective techniques are an essential component of successful selection, providing a wealth of information to help you make better people decisions.
Organisations are defined not just by the quality of their products and services but also how these products and services are delivered. The secret behind this lies in matching individuals who possess the right capabilities with the right roles; psychometric testing is widely recognised as one of the most effective tools to achieve this.
Psychometric tests are not used in isolation, but in conjunction with other selection methods, such as interviews and assessment centre exercises, to determine the best candidate for the role.
Workplace Law is licensed to purchase, administer and feedback to you on the most appropriate and valid tests for your purposes, using:
- ability tests that measure ability to perform different tasks; and
- personality and motivation questionnaires, to understand a candidate’s preferred behavioural style at work.
Working with Workplace Law, you can be confident that you are matching skills to job requirements in a way that is objective and fair to all candidates.
Workplace Law’s qualified and trained testers can administer tests online or offline (on-site) to suit your requirements. In both instances, tests can be administered quickly and efficiently with feedback provision based on your reporting requirements.
The team will work with you to ensure the test suits your needs and helps you predict effective performance in the role.
All tests are used from the SHL inventory banks – with more than 30 years' experience of psychometric assessment, SHL is a world leader in people performance solutions.
Benefits
- Using psychometric tests in conjunction with other selection methods will help you to employ the right people so that you do not waste valuable time and money.
- Matching the right people with the right capabilities to the right roles will help make sure your products and services are delivered successfully to your customers.
Case studies
"In 2009 Chaps Ltd recognised that it needed to improve its health and safety systems. We changed our Health and Safety consultants to Workplace Law in order to give us a fresh approach towards our management of health and safety and to gain specialist construction advice.
"By using their expertise and experience Simon and Maria have guided us into developing a health and safety system that has achieved CHAS accreditation and given our customers and principle contractor’s confidence in our management of health and safety. They have always been available to offer advice when needed and to provide independent site inspections and audits which are often required by our customers.
"Both Simon and Maria continue to support Chaps Ltd and have become an important, integral part of our Health and Safety Management System."
Suzanne Jackson, HR Director, Emprise:
“Workplace Law has made a difference to the quality of the service we can provide to our staff. And because of the customised service from Workplace Law, the costs have come down.
“We’re now into the second year and we’re pleased with the level of service which is always turned around quickly with any queries being answered straight away.”
Martyn Ball, Head of HR at Akkeron Hotels:
“It’s not just telephone advice that we’ve come to rely on, Workplace Law consultants are also happy to attend our meetings in person and Jayn Bond has regular catch ups with us to discuss any HR related issues. Working with people you can trust is important to me and I value the personal relationship that we have developed with the team at Workplace Law.”
“The accreditation enhances our client services, evidences the robustness of our processes and demonstrates the passion and professionalism of our staff on every level.
“The exceptional support and input from the team at Workplace Law and in particular Simon Toseland, has ensured that the highest safety standards have been implemented and these are to be continually assessed and tested externally."
