Managing the Right Talent You can teach a turkey to climb a tree, but it’s easier to hire a squirrel Stage one of the talent management process is hiring employees. If you are seeking to enhance organizational performance, identifying candidates who can become strong performers is an obvious tactic. Research has consistently shown that people with the behavioural characteristics and motivation required to be strong performers increase productivity, lower turnover and improve work culture. The better the fit between people and jobs, the more productive and successful the individual, and, in turn, the more productive and successful the organization. The key to establishing a good person-job fit is effective assessment – measuring the characteristics that make the most difference in job performance. The Work Personality Index® assessment provides the power to accurately assess which individuals have the behavioural styles and motivation required to be star performers. The Work Personality Index measures 21 personality traits, showing you how a person will communicate, work with others, complete their tasks, solve problems, manage change and deal with stress. A candidate’s results in these areas can help you identify those with the necessary characteristics to be successful, making selection decisions based on an accurate evaluation of person-job fit. Benefits of Using the Work Personality Index® Assessment FOR HIRING EMPLOYEES Cost Savings The Work Personality Index® assessment is a cost effective and efficient way to evaluate candidates and improve the quality of the candidates that you interview. Choosing the right candidates also saves money in training, and improves job performance. For simple jobs, the return on investment for identifying good employees is generally 10 – 20% of their salary each year. For complex positions like management, the return on investment increases to 80-120% of their salary each year. If your assessment process involves costs associated with bringing candidates to your location for interviews, implementing the Work Personality Index can actually lower your cost per hire while shortening the time to fill and increasing the overall effectiveness of your workforce. Depth of Information The Work Personality Index provides information about an individual that is not easily obtained using other methods, such as interviews. It also provides a quick way to assess characteristics that cannot be developed through training but are acquired over long periods of time. In positions which require extensive training, or have significant responsibilities, the consequences of poor performance can be much greater and much more costly. All of these factors conspire to make it important that you get the right person the first time. Consistency As a standardized assessment, the Work Personality Index ensures that candidates are treated objectively – every assessment is conducted exactly the same. This provides for the effective comparison of candidates. The standardization also prevents subjective biases from influencing hiring decisions. Identifying effective candidates is the first stage of the talent management process. When done well, benefits accrue over the lifetime of the employee’s tenure – the future effectiveness of your employee development and leadership succession planning can be increased by hiring the right person at the start. We have recently updated the Work Personality Index Job Match Report to make it quicker and easier to compare candidates’ results with the job benchmarks, and we have added narrative descriptions to provide a deeper analysis of each candidate. Click here to find out more.
