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Testing & assessment

Employers test and assess potential recruits and employees for activities such as recruitment and selection, training and development, career guidance and team building. Psychometric testing is one common form of assessment.


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    Aurion Learning and St James’s Hospital launch exciting new learning hub

    by Personnel Today 5 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 5 Jun 2010

    Aurion Learning and St. James’s Hospital, Dublin have launched an exciting new online learning resource to support healthcare staff in their...

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    Ucas tariff points and employers

    by Personnel Today 3 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 3 Jun 2010

    Ucas is well known for its applications service which supports thousands of students through their journey into higher education each...

    • Graduates
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Testing & assessment

    Executive MBA at Nyenrode ranked No.1 for career progression

    by Personnel Today 6 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 6 Nov 2009

    The Executive MBA course at Nyenrode Business Universiteit in the Netherlands has been ranked No.1 in the world for career progression....

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    Physical examinations of candidates: legal dilemma

    by Personnel Today 14 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 14 Oct 2009

    Q We are recruiting a new sales director and I am keen to include both a physical and mental examination...

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    Recruitment in focus: Protecting your employer brand in a digital world.

    by Personnel Today 18 Aug 2009
    by Personnel Today 18 Aug 2009

    In the current climate, recruitment is the last thing that organisations are thinking about. There is more talk about staff...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Testing & assessment

    Talent FQ launched by Head Light Communications

    by Personnel Today 2 Jun 2009
    by Personnel Today 2 Jun 2009

    Talent FQ is a free, new and innovative web-based assessment form Head Light Communications, that enables organisations to determine how capable their...

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    • HR strategy

    Sales transformation. It’s all about people!

    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2008

    18 months ago Hugo Mahoney, Sales and Marketing Director, set about transforming the sales performance of LexisNexis. He needed to...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Volunteering should be given higher status by employers

    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2008
    by Mike Berry 12 Sep 2008

    Employers have been urged to place more value on volunteering in their recruitment process and promote it as an effective...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment
    • Testing & assessment

    Survey reveals there is more to life than exam results

    by Personnel Today 28 Aug 2008
    by Personnel Today 28 Aug 2008

    With A-Level and GCSE results better than ever this year those who didn’t do as well as hoped can take...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Testing & assessment

    PeopleAnswers helps boost profits 48% per employee

    by Personnel Today 1 Aug 2008
    by Personnel Today 1 Aug 2008

    When the Ben E. Keith Company, looked for a pre-employment assessment solution that could reliably identify top sales performers, PeopleAnswers offered...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Testing & assessment

    Businesses failing to implement successful cross cultural recruitment programmes

    by Personnel Today 30 Jul 2008
    by Personnel Today 30 Jul 2008

    Two thirds of HR professionals think that assessment is integral to the international recruitment process, yet under a fifth (19%)...

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Psychometrics: trade secrets – going global with assessment

    by Personnel Today 25 Jul 2008
    by Personnel Today 25 Jul 2008

    Dr Rob Feltham outlines the steps you should consider when looking to roll out a global assessment process and get...

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    Website enables staff to rate their employers

    by Guy Logan 21 Jul 2008
    by Guy Logan 21 Jul 2008

    A website that allows people to rate their employer has drawn mixed reactions from business circles.Workrewired.com gives employees the opportunity...

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    • Pre-employment screening

    CVs and interviews alone are not accurate enough to assess job applicants

    by Personnel Today 26 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 26 Mar 2008

    The article ‘Dishonest CVs on the increase’ (Personneltoday.com, 7 February) demonstrates the need for supplementary tools to be used to...

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    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Competency-based interviews and online psychometric tests are best for choosing candidates

    by Nadia Williams 10 Mar 2008
    by Nadia Williams 10 Mar 2008

    Introducing or improving competency-based interviews and online psychometric tests have been the most effective changes employers have made to their...

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