Aptitude Testing Challenges vs. Opportunities

Vyacheslav GuzovskyMarch 2014

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Agenda

Session 1

• Human resource management: what's behind?• Employee assessment: the art of looking more deeply.• Organizational fitness: strengthening focus and commitment. • Using e-tools for career scanning.• Aptitude testing as a useful HR tool.

Session 2

• Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers.

Session 3

• How to attract and retain top linguists (event presented in cooperation with SDL)

Session 4

• How smart clients select freelance translators to work on projects.

Agenda

Session 1• Human resource management: what's

behind?• Employee assessment: the art of

looking more deeply.• Organizational fitness: strengthening

focus and commitment. • Using e-tools for career scanning.• Aptitude testing as a useful HR tool.

Agenda

Session 2

• Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers.

Agenda

Session 3

• How to attract and retain top linguists (event presented in cooperation with SDL)

Agenda

Session 4

• How smart clients select freelance translators to work on projects.

Human resource management: what's behind?

What counts?

• Simple truth in leadership in 21st century: what we count truly counts.

• Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

• If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts looking like a nail.

• What the world needs now is business leaders and political leaders who know what to count.

• We count numbers, we count on people. What really counts is when we use our numbers, to truly

• take into account our people.

Human resource management: what's behind?

• Human resources is the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, or economy. "Human capital" is sometimes used synonymously with human resources, although human capital typically refers to a more narrow view (i.e., the knowledge the individuals embody and can contribute to an organization). Likewise, other terms sometimes used include "manpower", "talent", "labour", or simply "people".

• The professional discipline and business function that oversees an organization's human resources is called human resource management (HRM, or simply HR).

Employee assessment: the art of looking more deeply

Employee assessment: the art of looking more deeply

Organizational fitness: strengthening focus and commitment

Organizational fitness: strengthening focus and commitment

Using e-tools for career scanning

Using e-tools for career scanning

Aptitude testing as a useful HR tool

Aptitude testing as a useful HR tool

Aptitude testing as a useful HR tool

Aptitude testing as a useful HR toolWhat are psychometric tests?

• Psychometric tests attempt to objectively measure aspects of your mental ability or your personality. They are used to provide employers with a reliable method of selecting the most suitable job applicants or candidates for promotion.

What are job aptitude tests?

• Job aptitude tests aim to provide a potential employer with an insight into how well you work with other people, how well you handle stress, and whether you will be able to cope with the intellectual demands of the job.

What are recruitment and selection tests?

• If you are currently applying for a job then the chances are that you will need to sit a recruitment and selection test as part of the process.

What are employee selection tests?

• Employee selection tests provide a potential employer with an insight into whether you will be able to cope with the demands of the job.

Why do employers use psychometric assessment?

• Psychometric assessment can be applied to screen-out candidates who are likely to be unsuitable for the job or to provide guidance on career progression to existing employees.

Can psychometric test examples help me?

• If you are wondering whether practicing for aptitude tests will help, the answer is a very definite ‘yes’. Now, you may have heard that it is very difficult to significantly improve your scores on these tests. This view is debatable, but even if it were true you do not need to achieve a significant improvement – a marginal one will do!

Can I prepare for psychometric tests?

• Everyone, if they practice, can improve their test scores. The biggest gains are achieved quite quickly and result from becoming familiar with the types of question and from getting ‘into the groove’ of answering them.

Can I prepare for aptitude tests?

• You can influence your scores in these tests significantly by understanding the question types and practicing them.

Can I prepare for personality questionnaires?

• The only sensible way to prepare for personality questionnaires to learn enough about how personality tests work to make an informed decision about which approach to take.

What counts?

What counts?

ReferencesHR.Com

• Marrying both education and social media, HR.com is a great tool for professionals who are looking to keep their finger on the pulse of the industry. Whether you're looking for white papers on remuneration or HR forms (which are free!), there is a large pool of information available to draw from. Check out their blog as well as upcoming events including live webinars that you can attend!

SHRM.org

• This website is the Society for Human Resources Management and while informative, is also the governing, certifying body for HR professionals in the United States of America. It's the major organization that effects change and actually influences the entire scope of employment law and workplace policy. There is incredible information about the new health savings accounts and what they mean for your staff, as well as professional publications that you can peruse for some great facts and ideas that you can implement in your workplace.

HRVillage.Com

• Offering HR software, information about data protection and a complete, well rounded HR toolkit HRVillage.Com gives HR professionals a great foundation for their career. From helpful hints on recruitment to a concise knowledge.

BLS.Gov• If you've been looking for statistics, or just need to see how the market is doing, then head on over to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. From providing you with an accurate outlook regarding

unemployment to interpreting what the jobless rate means for your business, they are a wealth of great information for any HR professional as far as trending and market analysis are concerned.

Hr.blr.com

• This websites helps industry professionals stay up to date on benefits and leave, compensation law, health and safety and general HR administration. If you're caught in a situation where there is a regulatory change and you need a solid website that can give you the answer you need fast, then this is it. Regularly updated with news articles pertaining to human resources, they also have a forum that provides professionals with ample opportunity to connect with others in the field.

Runners Up

• Last, but certainly not least are our runners up. All of these sites and newsletters should be in your shortlist, along with our top 5!

• Hrmorning.com• Hrworld.com• HRonline.com• Linkedln has a large HR Group called LinkedHR• Humanresources.about.com• Nolo.com

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