Why Use Pre-Employment Skills Assessment Testing?

As a business owner, I don't have to 'preach to the choir' regarding the cost of a bad hire and how terrible they are for business!  One bad apple can literally ruin a business so hiring the perfect candidate can be detrimental to a small business' success.  The ability to hire skilled professionals is the key to success for business owners around the world.  One affordable and efficient way for job candidates to prove their expertise is to perform pre-employment skills assessment tests.    

Skills testing focuses on skills that relate directly to job performance.  The greatest thing about skills testing is that you can cater them to the job you are hiring for. Let’s say you’re hiring a call center CSR. Instead of spending 45 minutes asking a candidate about his or her past performance; give the candidate the Call Center Assessment to measure customer service skills and sales ability using realistic simulations of call center scenarios. The test is more objective than an interview.

There is more to pre-employment testing than just skills, it is also finding out about your job candidate’s personality.  Hireology states in a recent blog post that “personality tests are a great tool for understanding people and improving management,” and they “can be extremely valuable when trying to understand the motivations and work styles of your new employees.”  So instead of taking two months to “get to know your employee,” and learn how they react to management, give them a 15 minute behavioral skills test and you will have your answer immediately.   

Instead of worrying about bad hires and turnover, start worrying about what assessments you will give your job candidates and new hires.  Skills Assessments cannot make your hiring decisions for you. However, they can provide needed information to help you answer key questions:

• Can they do the work?
• Does their past work history indicate a terrific employee or potential problems?
• Do they need training or can they hit the ground running?
• Will their attitude enhance or hinder productivity?
• Do their interests match the job? Will they stay?

 Additionally, by documenting the key dimensions and suggesting interview questions/topics, assessments provide important structure.  How much more effective would your hiring managers be at interviewing if they had more structure in front of them?   Combine Skills Testing with Background Screening to get the right Job Candidate! 

Why choose our skills tests?

• Cost Effective Testing
• Take Online Tests
• Instant Score Reports
• Over 800 Tests
• Industry Categories
• Personality Tests
• No Software needed
• Helps with Hiring Decisions
• Adaptive Test Questions
• Timed Testing
• Interactive Questions