Assessments provide a valuable measure of your employees’ skills, useful in hiring, evaluation and promotional decisions.
Few assessments are “one size fits all.” Most tests are specific to a certain skill set, job role or ability, including customer service, retail, management, mechanical ability, honesty, dexterity, safety habits, office skills, computer skills and more. Understanding the desired skills is the key to selecting an appropriate assessment strategy. Tests may even be combined to provide a richer picture of employees’ skills and talents.
Mott Community College’s Corporate Services Division is here to help you select the right assessments to meet your business needs, including:
Basic skills tests measure skills that employers might reasonably expect of all employees, regardless of their position. These are usually the sort of skills that people obtain in everyday life, elementary school and high school.
Basic skills might include…
Aptitude tests may either measure a person’s ability to learn new skills, to perform successfully in training, or to assess current skill levels. These tests help employers select entry-level workers by measuring their general knowledge and natural ability of relevant subjects.
While most aptitude tests are not designed to measure specific knowledge, there are a few important exceptions:
Skills assessments are typically task- or job-specific tests that measure a person’s ability to perform a specific set of tasks or skills. They may measure skills such as:
Personality assessments analyze aspects of a person’s character that remain stable throughout their lifetime, including actions, thoughts and feelings. In other words, the values and behaviors that make them who they are.
Although personality tests are generally accurate, they are seldom legal or recommended as pre-hiring assessments. Employment law stipulates that only demonstrably necessary skills be required for a given position.
A 360-degree assessment measures an individual’s perception of their various skill sets, compared with the perceptions of coworkers and/or employers. These tests help an employee identify deficits and improve their skills.
Other assessments include stress tests, diagnostic or psychiatric tests utilized professionally in clinical settings, and other focused assessments. Feel free to contact our office to learn more about the range and utility of additional tests and assessments.
