Highly respected 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 into the workplace. People Central made a massive impression on the Ministry in 2012, when 80% of their referrals (persons 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 contact with the needs of business and clients. Business wanting to take on a new staff member can decrease the risk of making a poor recruitment choice, by utilizing executives as Folk Central to undertake the psychometric testing. Another common business usage of psychometric testing is to identify talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling Folks Central they can prepare for tests for your applicants, if that be online or under supervised testing conditions. With Folks Central you can expect results the day after.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified execs and free online testing, which can end up in expensive business mistakes. Unfortunately in New Zealand there are a few 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 are not free. Another misconception is that psychometric testing is just for white collar positions, there is however actually a reasonable range of products on the market specifically for every skill level, its just that if the company offering the testing is not qualified then they may not be able to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final vital factor is ensuring 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 big factor in great potential employees missing out on the job, and a poor recruitment end result for business.
At People Central psychometric testing is conducted by qualified professionals, with a background in human resources, and in contact with the needs of business and clients. Business wanting to take on a new staff member can decrease the risk of making a poor recruitment choice, by utilizing executives as Folk Central to undertake the psychometric testing. Another common business usage of psychometric testing is to identify talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling Folks Central they can prepare for tests for your applicants, if that be online or under supervised testing conditions. With Folks Central you can expect results the day after.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified execs and free online testing, which can end up in expensive business mistakes. Unfortunately in New Zealand there are a few 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 are not free. Another misconception is that psychometric testing is just for white collar positions, there is however actually a reasonable range of products on the market specifically for every skill level, its just that if the company offering the testing is not qualified then they may not be able to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final vital factor is ensuring 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 big factor in great potential employees missing out on the job, and a poor recruitment end result for business.
About the Author:
Founded in 1999 by Steve Evans, People Central now has 16 staff located around the country and the company regularly partners up with companies for nationwide recruitment drives, team development, or to run multi-site redundancies. People Central also has associates around the globe, and is well versed in inducting staff from Australia, the UK and East Asia for NZ clients.
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