Highly respected human resources and psychometric testing company People Central has over 200 corporate clients in New Zealand, and has recently been awarded a Ministry of Social Development contract to help Hawkes Bay people facing redundancy, get back into the office. People Central made a big impression on the Ministry in 2012, when 80% of their referrals (persons who were facing redundancy) were back in work inside 2 months.
At People Central psychometric testing is conducted by qualified professionals, with a background in human resources, and in close contact with the requirements of business and clients. Business needing to take on a new staff member can reduce the risk of making a poor recruitment decision, by employing pros such as People Central to do the psychometric testing. Another common business usage of psychometric testing is to recognize talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling Folks Central they can prepare for tests for your candidates, whether that be online or otherwise under supervised testing conditions. With Folk Central you may expect results the next day.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified pros and free online testing, which can lead to costly 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, in other words they are not free. Another misinterpretation is that psychometric testing is for white collar positions, but there's basically a decent range of products on the market especially for every talent level, its just that if the company offering the testing is not qualified then they may struggle to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final imperative factor is ensuring that the test uses a New Zealand norm group, otherwise the results are likely to be misleading due to cultural differences, and this has been a big factor in great potential employees losing 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 close contact with the requirements of business and clients. Business needing to take on a new staff member can reduce the risk of making a poor recruitment decision, by employing pros such as People Central to do the psychometric testing. Another common business usage of psychometric testing is to recognize talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling Folks Central they can prepare for tests for your candidates, whether that be online or otherwise under supervised testing conditions. With Folk Central you may expect results the next day.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified pros and free online testing, which can lead to costly 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, in other words they are not free. Another misinterpretation is that psychometric testing is for white collar positions, but there's basically a decent range of products on the market especially for every talent level, its just that if the company offering the testing is not qualified then they may struggle to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final imperative factor is ensuring that the test uses a New Zealand norm group, otherwise the results are likely to be misleading due to cultural differences, and this has been a big factor in great potential employees losing out on the job, and a poor recruitment end result for business.
About the Author:
Set up in 1999 by Steve Evans, People Central now has 16 staff located around the country and the company often partners up with corporates for across the nation recruitment drives, team development, or to run multi-site redundancies. Folks Central also has associates around the planet, and is well versed in recruiting staff from Australia, the United Kingdom and Asia for NZ clients.
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