Have you ever wondered why seemingly intelligent people can find it so hard to work successfully with others? The good news is that EQ can be developed.
It’s relatively straightforward to identify candidates with the right technical skills and experience but it’s much harder to find out if they have the right personality and mix of soft skills to do the job effectively. Ask anyone who has had a difficult boss or team member
Some people can be downright infuriating – they seem to be wired differently ….. models of personality such as the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) provide helpful insights into human behaviour.
As a keen amateur photographer, I have come to value how lenses and filters enable different perspectives to be obtained. For example, to make clouds more distinct, I might use a polarising filter. In a different context, the same filter can reduce reflections but would serve little or no purpose capturing a night sky. Careful …
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Abraham Maslow* It’s a great quote, which is especially appropriate to personality and ability testing. You see, reliability and validity really matter when deciding which psychometric test to use. Poor reliability is a bit like having bathroom scales which give different readings each …
For the remainder of April, we are offering customised candidate reports for just £195 plus vat – that’s a 20% reduction on the normal price. Our reports include: pen portrait competencies profile interview prompts By using psychometrics as part of a recruitment process, much more can be discovered about the job/person fit than by just …
Earlier this week, I was sent some excellent research on the use of psychometrics for recruitment and selection (thanks Yasmin). Aberdeen Research has produced a report which claims: 12% increase in revenue and an 11% increase in profit per full time employee 47% greater improvement in hiring manager satisfaction 15% greater performance in first year …
It’s six months before you know what they are really like, I was told this week. I heard another story about a candidate who interviewed well and seemingly had all of the knowledge, technical skills and experience to do the job. Unfortunately he was completely lacking in people skills and the appointment turned out to …
Discovering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) thirteen years ago was one of those epiphany moments. It provided a perspective on how I was wired and what makes people tick. I qualified as an MBTI practitioner a year later and have subsequently seen many others experience similar moments The MBTI describes personality in terms of preferences. …