Psychometric Assessment

If only there was a way of obtaining more accurate information on people's abilities and personality. Well, there is - and not only is it useful for selection, but it has a range of applications within the workplace.

Sterling HR Outsourcing offers psychometric assessment services. Psychometric assessment refers to tests which measure an aspect of human behaviour or development. Common types of tests are:

• Personality tests
• Assessments of interest or motivation
• Ability or aptitude tests.
  

Assessment provides practical information which can be used to compare people against a standard, or against a group of similarly qualified people in similar positions. Assessment is used most frequently in recruitment but is also useful for performance management, staff (leadership) development, outplacement/career management, and team development.

Sterling HR is committed to using the most accurate and effective assessment tools. For this reason we have chosen Saville and Holdsworth Ltd (SHL) as our provider of assessment tools. SHL invest heavily in research and development of their assessment instruments. They also 'New Zealandise' them by making their format and wording appropriate to our language and culture. Services also include developing New Zealand specific Norms or comparison groups, so that organisations can benchmark their candidates against other New Zealanders with similar backgrounds to their applicants. They also conduct validation studies to demonstrate the predictiveness of their tools in NZ.

So what does this mean for you? Simple; psychometric assessment will help you: ·

• Take the guesswork out of selection and make your business more successful through better selection.
• Assess the potential of inexperienced individuals.
• Assess an individual's fit within a team.
• Identify staff development needs.
• Reduce costs relating to job performance, training, turnover, accidents, personal grievances etc.
• Identify training requirements.
• Identify existing and required skills/competencies; an especially useful exercise during restructuring and change.

And why should you use Sterling for psychometric services? Sterling HR:

• Are local and understand your needs.
• Only use assessment tools which have proven ability to predict job performance.
• Only use the best. (SHL works with 64 of the top Fortune 100 companies, 9 of NZ's top 10 companies and 87 FTSE 100 companies).
• Sterling HR has a number of high caliber, highly qualified, experienced staff, who have a genuine interest in seeing your business succeed.

Sterling HR not only has staff who are experienced and capable in psychometric assessment but their training and qualifications are in psychology. This gives you added assurance that you are getting the services of people who 'know people'.

Our Service
Our psychometric assessment services are equivalent, if not better, to those found anywhere. Our standard service includes the following:

• Thorough pre-consultation - we will take the time to get to know your organization and your needs.
• Short lead times - we will assess and report quickly.
• Jargon free reporting - we won't confuse you with psycho-babble.
• Confidential - we will maintain and respect confidentiality of both clients, and candidates.
• Best practice assessment - we will use only the best, most accurate assessment tools. We will keep our knowledge and our methods current.
• Evaluation - we will evaluate the reliability of the information provided, especially in selection scenarios where it can be benchmarked against future performance.

Links To Our Partners' Websites

• Opra
• SHL