Highly admired human resources and psychometric testing company People Central has over 200 corporate clients in New Zealand, and has lately been awarded a Ministry of Social Development contract to help Hawkes Bay people facing redundancy, get back into the workforce. People Central made a big impression on the Ministry in 2012, when 80% of their referrals (employees who were facing redundancy) were back in work within 2 months.
At People Central psychometric testing is conducted by qualified professionals, with a background in human resources, and in touch with the wants of business and clients. Business desiring to take on a new staff member can decrease the risk of making a poor recruitment decision, by employing pros like Folks Central to do the psychometric testing. Another common business use of psychometric testing is to identify talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling People Central they can arrange for tests for your candidates, if that be online or alternatively under supervised testing conditions. With People Central you should expect results the following day.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified pros and free online testing, which can cause expensive business mistakes. Unfortunately in New Zealand there are several well used psychometric products that are little better than horoscopes.
According to People Central, the best psychometric tests have more than 20 years of empirical research behind them, put simply they're not free. Another misconception is that psychometric testing is only for white collar positions, there is however basically a decent range of products on the market specially for every skill level, its just that if the establishment offering the testing is not qualified then they may be unable to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final critical factor is making sure that the test uses a New Zealand norm group, otherwise the results are likely to be deceiving due to cultural differences, and this has been a major factor in great potential employees losing out on the job, and a poor recruitment result for business.
At People Central psychometric testing is conducted by qualified professionals, with a background in human resources, and in touch with the wants of business and clients. Business desiring to take on a new staff member can decrease the risk of making a poor recruitment decision, by employing pros like Folks Central to do the psychometric testing. Another common business use of psychometric testing is to identify talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling People Central they can arrange for tests for your candidates, if that be online or alternatively under supervised testing conditions. With People Central you should expect results the following day.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified pros and free online testing, which can cause expensive business mistakes. Unfortunately in New Zealand there are several well used psychometric products that are little better than horoscopes.
According to People Central, the best psychometric tests have more than 20 years of empirical research behind them, put simply they're not free. Another misconception is that psychometric testing is only for white collar positions, there is however basically a decent range of products on the market specially for every skill level, its just that if the establishment offering the testing is not qualified then they may be unable to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final critical factor is making sure that the test uses a New Zealand norm group, otherwise the results are likely to be deceiving due to cultural differences, and this has been a major factor in great potential employees losing out on the job, and a poor recruitment result for business.
About the Author:
Established in 1999 by Steve Evans, People Central now has 16 staff located around the country and the company frequently partners up with partners for countrywide recruitment drives, team development, or to run multi-site redundancies. Folk Central also has associates around the world, and is well versed in hiring staff from Australia, the British Isles and Far East for NZ clients.
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