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About Personality Questionnaires

A question that is often asked is "what determines how satisfied and effective an individual will be in one occupation as distinct from another?"

Some specific factors are clearly relevant, for example, a person's qualifications and experience.  However, few would deny that there are other less tangible factors that are equally important, for example, a person's character which is complex and made up of a number of individual traits.

Research has suggested that although we are able to adapt our behaviour to particular circumstances, there is nevertheless considerable consistency in our behaviour across situations and over time.  It is these consistencies in behaviour; which constitute the essence of most definitions of personality.

Personality Questionnaires are designed therefore, to measure a person's preference for behaving in a certain way.  Because of their nature they have no right or wrong answers

What can I use Psychometric Tests for?

Psychometric Tests can be used in a variety of areas including:  Recruitment/Appointments, Career Planning, Personal Development, Senior Team Profiling, Enterprise Profiling, Team Management/Team Building and Counselling.

 

Recruitment/Appointments

Valid tests can provide information about candidates':

- General or specific mental abilities and aptitudes

- Personal attributes and characteristics

- Motivation and work preferences

- Ability to handle the immediate job and more responsible jobs in the future

- Interpersonal skills, management style, level of creativity, ability to deliver quick results

 

Career Planning

Tests can play a useful part in deciding how an individual will adapt to changes in:

- Level and type of mental ability needed

- Level and type of work demands and responsibilities

- Focus and constitution of work team

 

Personal Development

In assessing career development needs, tests can indicate:

- Areas for development, for example, delegation skills, communication and influencing skills, problem-solving techniques

- Areas where an individual's style is likely to fit well or cause difficulties

- Levels at which an individual is likely to perform best, be under employed or be stretched

 

Senior Team Assessments/Profiling

In changing and challenging economic times it is important to ensure there are no skills gaps within the senior team.  It can also be of great help to understand existing relational dynamics within the team when considering perhaps a new hire to the Board and how to elicit a best fit for all.

Psychometric profiling can help:

- Increase awareness of capabilities with regard to corporate accountabilities and responsibilities

- Understand individual and team style of relating and thinking in the commercial arena

 

Enterprise Profiling

The changing economic landscape has brought about much interest in the generation of enterprise and the support of those individuals who may have potential entrepreneurial capability.  We have available a psychometric tool which indicates those individuals who exhibit entrepreneurial tendencies.

Psychometric profiling can help:

- Enterprise support agencies and other organisations select which businesses and start up’s to offer support and guidance to

- Individuals who are endeavouring to set up in business to understand their own commercial strengths and in which areas they may need    support to flourish

 

Team Management/Team Building

Used both with individuals and groups, test profiles can help:

- Individuals to recognise their most effective team roles and contributions to group tasks

- Groups to become more effective and efficient by best use of resources

 

Counselling

In discussing work related issues with individuals, tests can help them to:

- Arrive at a more objective and comprehensive view of themselves and their situation

- Assess how their styles meet current organisational needs

- Take responsibility for making informed decisions about themselves and their future

 

For more information about this service please contact us