Emotional Stability

Emotional Stability As life continues to function through the current global pandemic, something unlike most of us have seen before, everyone is vulnerable to a degree of emotional stress. Emotions are at the centre of everything we do. Controlling your thoughts, decisions and behaviours. Ever increasing levels of uncertainty brew higher levels of anxiety which […]

Psychometrics and Recruitment Companies – A Perfect Partnership

Psychometrics and Recruitment Companies – A Perfect Partnership The goal of any recruitment company is to forward the best possible candidates for a position. Whilst this sounds simple, it is actually a very competitive and difficult task. Forwarding a candidate who does not fit the job role will surely cost a recruitment company standing with […]

Hiring Leaders

Hiring Leaders Hiring leaders is crucial to any business, and a practice that is made easier through implementing psychometric testing into your recruitment practices. However, a crucial step is to identify what makes a leader. It is important to understand yourself, “What are the qualities that we are looking for in a leader?”, and whilst […]

Scepticism in Psychometrics (Part 2)

Scepticism in Psychometrics (Part 2) Continuing from one of our latest blogs, Scepticism in Psychometrics (Part 1), we will now discuss possibly the most common reason why companies are sceptical towards psychometrics: The cost. What Makes a Leader? Martin M. Chemers, writer of “An Integrative Theory of Leadership”, stated “Leadership is a process of social influence […]

Scepticism in Psychometrics (Part 1)

Scepticism in Psychometrics (Part 1) There is a lot of scepticism on whether organisations should adopt psychometrics into their HR-functions. Some of the issues we often hear when discussing scepticism, reliability and whether or not there are cultural implications in psychometrics. Could these be why some organisations and their HR personnel do not make use […]

Using Psychometrics to Identify High Potential

Using Psychometrics to Identify High Potential Identifying high potential is a practice that needs to take place whilst recruiting, promoting and planning for the future. Regardless of industry or size, every company seeks to fill their roster with a plethora of high potential people. But why? It is simple. A high potential employee will have […]

What is Talent Management?

What is Talent Management? Human resources have many roles to play within an organisation, and talent management is just another one of those words used to describe what they do? Wrong, talent management is the commitment an organisation makes to attract, develop, motivate and retain the most talented individuals in the job market. What is […]

Benefits of Psychometrics in Recruitment Processes

Benefits of Psychometrics in Recruitment Processes Psychometrics are often utilised within a company’s recruitment process, however, are rarely used to their full potential. Most commonly you will see Psychometric tests used in the screening of candidates as well as in final decision making. However it is very rare that a company utilises these tests throughout […]

Using Psychometrics to Develop your Workforce

Using Psychometrics to Develop your Workforce As touched upon in the previous blog, psychometric testing can be used to develop your existing workforce as well as in the recruitment process. An international HR survey, including 2,776 respondents from 37 different countries found that Irish, Malaysian, Swedish and Dutch companies tend to use psychometric testing for […]

The Need for Psychometrics in Organisations

The Need for Psychometrics in Organisations Psychometric tests are used across a huge variety of organisations to aid identification of an existing or prospective employees’ personality, behaviour, and competency to do a specific job role. But Why is The Need For Psychometrics in Organisations Ever Growing? A study conducted by The London School of Economics […]