Psychological Occupational Assessments
What Are the Costs of Poor Selection?
The cost of selection errors are generally expensive. Poor selection can mean high staff turnover, this in turn increases recruitment costs. These can vary between 10 percent of salary for more junior staff to 40 percent for senior managers. Of course losing an employee through poor selection also means added training costs for the new employee.
Poor selection will also lead to costs of incompetency and lost opportunity. Incompetence creates pressure and stress for the individual as well as work colleagues, loss of profits and loss of future business from clients.
What is an Occupational Appraisal?
Occupational appraisals are a powerful tool in the crucial process of selecting, developing and counselling people at work. It is valuable for discovering unrealised potential, understanding hidden problems, comparing candidates and for identifying areas for personal development to help employees in their career development.
HEAS use state-of-the-art instruments which are both valid and reliable. Our psychological questionnaires conform to EEO principals and have been validated using Australian norms.
Unfortunately some employers still rely purely on the interview when recruiting. Our appraisal techniques will provide you with the opportunity to make the best informed and accurate selection when placing employees, and because we do not have the extensive overheads of our Sydney competitors, we are able to offer considerable cost savings with the same quality results.
Information About Psychological Assessment from the Candidates Perspective
Why am I being assessed?
- Either your current employer or prospective employer has asked you to attend.
- The employer has asked you to be assessed in order to be provided with information about your skills, abilities and temperament.
What are psychological assessments about?
They are not "pass" or "fail" tests. Their purpose is to indicate:
- Particular abilities you have that can be developed.
- Which areas of work will appeal to you.
- Whether your current or potential position will make good use of your strengths and abilities.
- Which career and study choices may be appropriate for you.
- Your suitability for a particular position.
Are the assessments like exams?
- Some of the tests will be timed in order to compare your results with other individuals with same test. However, the tests are not "pass" or "fail" type tests.
- The timed tests involve a mark being given for each correct answer: generally speaking, unless you are told otherwise, no marks will be deducted for incorrect answers. This means that you should try each question as you come to it, not spend too much time on it, is too difficult. Return to it after if you have time.
- The tests have multiple have choice questions.
What will I be doing?
- You will be required to complete several timed ability tests, as well as an untimed questionnaire. The whole process should take no longer than 2-3 hours to complete.
How can I get feedback?
- We will give you free telephone feedback on your results, after recruitment decisions have been finalised.
- A written report can be prepared specifically for you, by our psychologist. The cost is $TBA.
Does anyone else have access to my results?
- NO, not unless you have given written permission.
Please note that the responsibility of the test administrator is to help you perform at your best on all the tests you will do today. If you have any questions at any time please do not hesitate to ask.