Why Companies Use Assessments II. What information do What - PDF document

Why Companies Use Assessments II. What information do What information do II. Assessments provide to Assessments provide to companies? companies? WHY COMPANIES WHY COMPANIES G. Core Behavioral Traits Core Behavioral Traits G. USE ASSESSMENTS USE ASSESSMENTS Who they are Who they are H. Behavioral Tendencies (Actions) Behavioral Tendencies (Actions) H. How they will act How they will act I. I. Team Performance Team Performance J. Team Compatibility J. Team Compatibility 1 4 II. What information do II. What information do I. Assessments are NOT tests I. Assessments are NOT tests Assessments provide to Assessments provide to companies? companies? A. Tests are Pass/Fail A. Tests are Pass/Fail K. Perceptions of Management Perceptions of Management B. You cannot fail who you are B. You cannot fail who you are K. Skills Skills C. Assessments provide C. Assessments provide L. Perceptions of Leadership Perceptions of Leadership L. information for making information for making Competencies Competencies better decisions better decisions M. M.To establish Job Standards To establish Job Standards 2 5 II. What information do II. What information do Assessments provide to Assessments provide to III. The Department of Labor The Department of Labor III. companies? companies? says… says … “The appropriate use of “ The appropriate use of A. Integrity A. Integrity professionally developed professionally developed B. Attitudes toward Drug Use B. Attitudes toward Drug Use assessment tools enables assessment tools enables C. Attitudes toward Work Ethic C. Attitudes toward Work Ethic organizations to make more organizations to make more effective employment- -related related effective employment D. Attitudes toward Reliability D. Attitudes toward Reliability decisions than the use of decisions than the use of E. E. Learning Ability Learning Ability observation or random decision observation or random decision F. Occupational Interests F. Occupational Interests making.” ” making. 3 6 1 Profile Strategies • 805-238-0910 • jobfitnow@tcsn.net

Why Companies Use Assessments V. Who should use assessments IV. When assessments should V. Who should use assessments IV. When assessments should be used be used A. A. Everyone with “people” Everyone with “people” responsibilities responsibilities A. Assessments should be an Assessments should be an A. integral part of every business – integral part of every business – B. B. Everyone who needs to know Everyone who needs to know from pre- from pre -hire through hire through their own and their people’s: their own and their people’s: retirement retirement 1. 1. Capabilities Capabilities B. The goal is to address people The goal is to address people B. 2. Capacity 2. Capacity challenges before they impact challenges before they impact 3. 3. Style Style business operations – business operations – being being 4. Behavior 4. Behavior proactive, not reactive proactive, not reactive 5. 5. Compatibility Compatibility C. When hiring, simply put the When hiring, simply put the C. right person in the right job right person in the right job 6. 6. Perception of Management Perception of Management 7 10 IV. When assessments should IV. When assessments should VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use be used be used assessments assessments D. For the current workforce D. For the current workforce A. They want to hire the right They want to hire the right A. 1. Determine whether all 1. Determine whether all person for the right job person for the right job employees are well placed employees are well placed 1. 95 of 100 applicants will 95 of 100 applicants will 1. 2. Gain insight on all employees 2. Gain insight on all employees “exaggerate” to get a job “exaggerate” to get a job to better: during an interview during an interview to better: 2. More than half of all job 2. More than half of all job a. Coach Coach a. candidates misrepresent candidates misrepresent b. Manage Manage b. their qualifications in their their qualifications in their c. Motivate Motivate c. résumés résumés 8 11 IV. When assessments should IV. When assessments should VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use be used be used assessments assessments D. For the current workforce D. For the current workforce A. They want to hire the right A. They want to hire the right 3. To develop an ongoing 3. To develop an ongoing person for the right job person for the right job improvement program for: improvement program for: 3. Most hiring decisions are 3. Most hiring decisions are made in haste – made in haste – during the during the a. All employees a. All employees first five minutes of an first five minutes of an b. Management b. Management interview interview c. Leadership c. Leadership 4. Two out of three new hires Two out of three new hires 4. d. Building an ongoing and d. Building an ongoing and will disappoint you in the will disappoint you in the positive succession plan positive succession plan first year first year 9 12 2 Profile Strategies • 805-238-0910 • jobfitnow@tcsn.net

Why Companies Use Assessments VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use assessments assessments assessments assessments B. They want to hire dependable They want to hire dependable C. They want to increase They want to increase B. C. people people productivity productivity 1. 1. Employee theft is a growing Employee theft is a growing 2. Teams and departments 2. Teams and departments problem and contributes to problem and contributes to function better when their function better when their many business failures many business failures leaders have information leaders have information 2. Drug use affects employee 2. Drug use affects employee about team members’ about team members’ performance performance strengths strengths 13 16 VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use assessments assessments assessments assessments B. They want to hire dependable They want to hire dependable C. They want to increase They want to increase B. C. people people productivity productivity 3. Attitudes toward work and Attitudes toward work and 3. 3. Factors that negatively affect 3. Factors that negatively affect work ethic affect productivity work ethic affect productivity productivity – productivity – such as stress, such as stress, tension, and conflict – – are are 4. Absenteeism and tardiness 4. Absenteeism and tardiness tension, and conflict increase the costs of doing increase the costs of doing significantly reduced when significantly reduced when business assessments are used business assessments are used 14 17 VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use VI. Why companies use assessments assessments assessments assessments D. They want to reduce the rate D. They want to reduce the rate C. C. They want to increase They want to increase of employee turnover of employee turnover productivity productivity 1. Two of three employees 1. Two of three employees 1. 1. People are most productive People are most productive would rather work someplace when their work matches when their work matches would rather work someplace else their thinking style, else their thinking style, occupational interests, and occupational interests, and 2. Turnover costs thousands of Turnover costs thousands of 2. behavioral traits behavioral traits dollars for every departing dollars for every departing employee employee 3. 80% of employee turnover is 3. 80% of employee turnover is avoidable avoidable 15 18 3 Profile Strategies • 805-238-0910 • jobfitnow@tcsn.net