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Getting the Right People Doing the Right Things with Safeguarded Precision!
Amidst organizational change employers deploy a wealth of employee assessments in a scheme of cost-benefit analysis. Some overspend the outcomes and then don't even understand the data. Some sales-based assessment organizations inundate prospective clients with "high brow" tricks while brow-beating them into pretending they understand. What's just as important as data integrity is simplified and universal buy-in... and the ability to attach meaningful cost saving action. Crazy labels and "smoke and mirrors" are not the keys to predicting success. If you don't understand, your employees won't either!

Employee Testing and Assessments
According to the US Department of Labor all assessment tools used to make employment decisions are subject to professional and legal standards. For example, both the evaluation of a resume and the use of a highly standardized achievement test must comply with applicable laws. Assessment tools used solely for career exploration or counseling are usually not held to the same legal standards.
How To Choose an Assessment Test
There are literally hundreds of tests available that an employer may use. Excluding the specific skills tests and honesty/integrity tests, most employers that use testing want to know about an individual’s mental abilities and personality traits. And, they want to know how a person’s scores compare to the requirements of the job.

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Top 5 Reasons Why the OMG Sales Assessment is More Predictive
I was asked why Objective Management Group's (OMG) assessments are so much more predictive of sales success and future performance than behavioral styles assessments and personality assessments. There is more than one answer to this question and I'll try to explain the top 5 answers...[read more]

Five Secrets to Becoming the Perfect Employee That Everyone Wants – Part One
With ever increasing deadlines, decreasing resources, and changing workplaces, sometimes it can be challenging to be a good employee, much less a perfect employee. The employee who can rise above the everyday problems and embrace challenges will be the person that every employer wants. The following are five secrets to being the perfect employee everyone wants.
Tale of Two Assessments - Comparing the Value
A potential client wanted to know how Objective Management Group could justify the cost of a 25 person license (unlimited assessments for one year or 25 salespeople hired for $18,000) versus a $3500 per 100 assessment price for DISC. There are several factors here but they are all worth noting. Read More
Personality Assessments - They Still Don't Get it
On the heels of these three articles: * Personality Assessments for Sales - The Definitive Case Study * Exposed - Personality Tests Disguised as Sales Assessments * Sales Assessments vs. Personality Assessments Episode III - The PHD's Strike Back I got the following email forwarded to me. As you read it, just look at the descriptors that the client is referencing in the personality assessments - they are not sales descriptors so, in essence, we have another examples of an assessment that claims to be measuring one thing but is actually measuring another:
Sales Assessment Comparison - Objective Management Group vs. Devine
It's not often that we get to compare the assessment results of an individual that took our assessment and another. Why? Because most companies don't use multiple assessments that report on similar findings. Notice that I said "report on" and not "look at". While other assessments report on findings similar to ours, they don't look at or measure the same information to draw their conclusions. That's why the reports I received today make for such an enjoyable comparison.
Testing times when recruiting ‘good’ salespeople
When I consider how I spend my time professionally, I find it is often devoted to demystifying two things: 1. What is ‘good' selling? 2. The proper use of psychometric assessments, especially in sales recruitment Having written on the former on many occasions, I would like to dedicate this space to the latter - the proper use of psychometric assessments in sales recruitment.
Tips to create and administer successful 360° performance appraisal assessments
The 360° performance appraisal is the buzz word and many multinational organisation is adopting this mechanisam to make vibrant work culture and to satisfy their employees.. As 360° feedback has evolved, the range of people who give feedback has diversified. Many 360s now include feedback from suppliers and customers, in addition to the traditional sources from within the organization (direct reports, peers, managers, team members). By using our seven steps , you can make the process of designing, administering and analyzing 360° assessments a positive one. Each stages are described in details in this article.Therefore, making 360° assessments a process in your organization can help you keep your leaders on track, enable you to measure the gains in employee performance and leadership, and therefore improve your overall performance.
The Missing Link in Employee Assessments
Many companies use assessments to help make hiring and promotion decisions. Most assessments measure one of the following attributes of the candidate: * Specific job skills * Their motivation and career goals * Their personality and potential derailers (e.g. emotional intelligence) * Their likely fit with the organization’s culture One important area that is often not assessed is the candidate’s ability to use good judgment when making decisions based on complex or ambiguous information.

Are you making the most of Psychometric Assessments?
Many of us actively recoil when we see the words ‘Psychometric Assessments’. This may be due to fear of the unknown, seeing them as ‘tests’ or just tedious questionnaires. While you would not be alone in this, we on the other hand are advocates (of the right Assessments). At Barrett, we spend much of our time demystifying what Assessments actually are and how businesses can benefit from using them. So even if you have been brave enough to use Assessments, most people do not know how to get the most out of them. Often the Assessment process is seen as an isolated event with the final report being put on the shelf or in a draw out of sight and out of mind.
Choosing Employee Assessments - Hand Scoring by Experts Still Safeguards Validity & ROI!
Employee assessments are everywhere. With a wealth of employee assessments emerging, the right assessment can seem as elusive as the proverbial "needle in a haystack," yet absolutely worth the diligent hunt. Best practices deployment in this specific arena increases human capital ROI by tenfold plus. The bottom line results of assessments gone right is not contested, and we stand firm that every candidate hired, trained or promoted without this proper intelligence is a profit opportunity missed. And coming from staunch advocates of progressive technology... computers are no replacement for hand scoring. A five criteria process, the following roadmap guarantees ROI and avoids common pitfalls.

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