Psychometric Assessments
Click here for a printer-friendly version Psychometric Assessments are used extensively across a variety of industries and organisations, primarily to 
select, maintain and develop team members in order to maximise an organisation’s productivity and revenue.
Prospect recognises that your organisation operates in an increasingly demanding marketplace where a high proportion of the organisation’s success is due to recruiting and maintaining high-calibre individuals who can enhance your organisation.
By using Psychometric Assessments, your organisation can be provided with the means to identify the fit between the individual and the organisational culture, as well as the individuals working style. These tools are designed to be used in conjunction with an interview processes.
Through the use of carefully designed psychometric assessments, you will:
- Reduce the cost associated with selecting the “wrong people”
- Sort through an increasing number of CV’s quickly and efficiently
- Gather extensive information about candidates in a short time
- Generate an above average pool of applicants on which to base your decisions
- Identify the candidates that will add the greatest value to your organisation
- Identify those with the greatest potential and a “can do, will do” attitude who will comfortably integrate into the organisation
- Gain specific insight into the development needs of candidates
- More accurately predict an individual’s job performance
Prospect have a variety of psychometric assessments which are tailored to the specific role you are recruiting for. These assessments cover areas such as personality, emotional intelligence, safety, ability, skills and interests. Prospect provide online and paper-based assessments, and our in house organisational psychologists will provide assistance with the selection and interpretation of assessments.
In the past our clients have used psychometric assessments to:
- Validate perceptions concerning candidates
- Guide development of training and induction programs
- Identify potential in the organisation
- Enhance working relationships with peers, managers and direct reports
- Support tender documents by demonstrating their capabilities
Clients from the mining, transport, manufacturing, engineering and construction industries have used our psychometric assessments as part of their recruitment and developmental processes.
