We have been working with Angela & Fraser Atkins at Elephant HR to develop a suite of New Zealand specific HR Knowledge Tests aimed at three levels of HR roles, with the intention of providing employers of HR professionals with an objective tool to support their recruitment and development decision making. The tests are written & almost ready to go, …
New Zealand & Australia Candidates top in Asia Pacific for CV Embellishment
A study released this month by screening analytics company First Advantage places New Zealand and Australian candidates as those most likely to stretch the truth in their CV’s, with 26.9% of CV’s found to be significantly embellished, compared to the next two highest scorers being Singapore (18.8%) and Hong Kong (16.4%). Of all CV discrepancies in Asia Pacific, 54% related …
Online Ability Testing – Big Step Forward in Availability & Efficiency
Accessing Supervised Ability Tests Online When it comes to predicting whether a candidate has the capability to perform the cognitive tasks essential to success in any job, ability testing has one of the strongest correlations of effectiveness. With ability testing suites available for almost every function and level, from Industrial and Process Staff to Senior Managers and Technical Experts, there …
Accountests is Launched in New Zealand
After twelve months of intensive design, construction and peer review involving accounting, web and software expertise from Europe and New Zealand, it was with great pleasure that we launched the website and online testing platform for our new sister company Accountests Ltd on 15th July. Accountests has been created to fill a widely felt void felt by recruiting managers, business …
Positive Changes to 15FQ+
Most readers will already be users of our flagship personality questionnaire, 15FQ+, arguably the most comprehensive personality assessment adapted for New Zealand’s unique population and incorporating Belbin Team Roles, Leadership, Subordinate and Influencing Styles into one profile. This month heralds a significant step forward in the availability of the 15FQ+ to online users. Until now, 15FQ has taken two forms; …
Accounting Skills Tests Request
Accounting Skills Tests Request After many months of R&D we are nearing the end of a process of developing NZ Specific Accounting Skills Tests to assist employers in determining current skills/knowledge and development priorities for recruitment and development purposes. We are now at the stage of pilot testing the draft tests with some qualified and unqualified accounting staff, which is …
Using Psychometric Testing in Redundancy Selection
The 5th July edition of New Zealand’s Dominion Post ran a major story on public sector staff in The Dept of Conservation and Ministry of Business & Innovation being required to complete personality questionnaires as part of a redundancy selection process. Whilst the article itself was somewhat flimsy journalism that got little further than identifying concerns over face validity of …
CEO and Director Selection and Assessment
High level recruitment decisions that fall apart as swiftly and spectacularly as the recently highly publicised departure of the newly appointed Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce CEO, are a sobering reminder to us all of the need to apply the same diligence to testing and assessing candidates at the top end of the organisation as we do for graduate and …
Managing the Risk of Hiring Staff in Retail
A few months ago I was asked to join the team of judges for this year’s Unison Fibre Hastings City Business Excellence Awards and interview sixteen large national chain Hastings retailers on their current and planned approaches to marketing, customer service, staff development and retention, and how they expected to perform in the next twelve months in far from ideal …
Microsoft Office 2010 Skills Tests Launched
Our extensive range of almost 2,000 IT and Software Skills Test Titles has just taken another step forward with the release of the Microsoft Office 2010 suite, providing simulated testing at basic, intermediate and advanced levels. Where jobs require a level of knowledge and competency in specific software, these tests take the guesswork out of selection. Give us a call …