Psychometric tests are used for activities such as recruitment and selection, training and development, career guidance and team building.
Employers commonly use two forms of psychometric tests: firstly, those designed to measure maximum performance, such as ability, aptitude or attainment; and secondly those designed to assess personal qualities such as personality, temperament, values and interests.
Healthcare products giant Kimberly-Clark is planning to extend its use of psychometric testing across its European operations. The owner of...
Psychometric testing remains high on the agenda of many companies. This can make some employees rather disgruntled and can seem a bit like an invasion of privacy
They say the office can be a jungle, but don’t worry because it appears the majority of people in it...
A jeweller is focusing on its people by using psychometric testing to identify its ideal managers.
The European Personnel Selection Office (Epso), the body responsible for the recruitment of EU officials, is introducing computer-based testing to cope with the large number of candidates who want to join the organisation
In the interests of leading from the front, Personnel Today sent journalist Anna Burges-Lumsden to be psychometrically tested and offer you the potential recruit’s perspective on the ever-more popular recruitment tool.
Did Alan Sugar rely too heavily on his own gut feeling in selecting a winner for the television series The...
The NHS is using an online psychometric tool to reduce the administrative burden and costs of sifting applications for its Gateway to Leadership scheme
Sir Digby Jones has criticised The Apprentice for showing business in a bad light.
How do you know if online psychometric testing is the right assessment method for your organisation? Liz Hall investigates
Traditional interview processes currently used by health authorities to recruit doctors are unsophisticated and lack scientific rigour, according to new...
US HR heavyweight and chairman and chief executive of Development Dimensions International, Bill Byham, explains why training methods must evolve with HR as it transforms itself to justify its existence.
The creator of Wonder Woman also provided us with one of the most ubiquitous personality tests, Scott Beagrie reports
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The production of numerous codes of conduct have not reduced the risk of employers misusing the personality test
