7 Ways Organizations Can Use Employee Assessments

7 Ways Organizations
Can Use Employee
Assessments

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7 Ways Organizations Can Use Employee Assessments
 In the most basic sense, employee assessments provide a systematic
approach for gathering information about people in the work place.
 The knowledge gained from these assessments can be used to make
a variety of decisions, including whether an applicant is well suited
for a particular position or which career path makes sense for a
current employee to pursue.
 Organizations conducting employee assessments do so with a specific
purpose in mind.
 For example, if you’re making a hiring decision, you’ll be conducting
an evaluation process to select the best candidate.
 During that evaluation, you can use an employee assessment as a
tool to help you measure aspects of the candidate’s qualifications
that would be difficult to determine solely through interviewing
and reference checking.

 An employee assessment test can measure things like a person’s
abilities, values, interests and personality traits.
 Although only part of whole picture, the employee assessment provides
an important component of the overall hiring evaluation process.
 The information gathered from the assessment is combined and
evaluated with everything else collected during the process to arrive
at the best possible employment decision.
 In addition to employment assessment results, examples of the other
items that may be evaluated during a hiring process include resumes,
applications, interviews, work samples, physical abilities, drug tests,
medical exams and more.

WHY ORGANIZATIONS USE EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENTS
 Given the enormous cost of bad hiring decisions, managers need to
secure the best employees from the start.
 The typical hiring process offers little time for really getting to know
candidates and assessing how each will perform on the job.
 Applicants with similar backgrounds on paper may have drastically
different knowledge, skills, interests, work habits, personalities and
other characteristics.
 Hiring managers often turn to whatever tools will help them
accomplish the best end result.
 Employee assessments help fill in information that isn’t apparent
in an interview or on a resume.
 The knowledge gleaned from these assessments determines if a
candidate is a proper fit for the position and how well he or
she will likely perform on the job.

FUNCTIONS FOR EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENTS
Hiring.
• As discussed, making better hiring decisions is a key responsibility for an
organization’s managers.
• Properly developed and conducted employee assessments help pre-screen and
select the best people for each position.
Placement.
• Employee assessments help organizations align talent with an organization’s
needs.
• They can provide information to achieve the best match between an
employee and a job.
Development.
• Employee assessments can be used to identify workers who might benefit
from additional training, as well as the level of training required.
• These assessments can also provide useful information about the quality
of training and development programs.
Performance.
• Evaluations help identify employees ready to assume greater
responsibilities or who require additional coaching.

FUNCTIONS FOR EMPLOYEE ASSESSMENTS
Career.
• Assessments can help with succession planning by identifying career strengths.
They can target developmental needs and highlight educational and/or
vocational choices.
Retention.
• Learning how to use an employee’s talents to the fullest capacity can reduce
turnover.
• Employee assessments provide information to help managers learn about
what might keep a person interested and engaged.
Other.
• Assessments can also be used for onboarding applications to accelerate
employee productivity, improve manager communication, minimize
workplace conflict, reduce theft and absenteeism, improve sales
performance, enhance customer satisfaction, and much more.

 Employee assessments provide useful information to help managers
make critical business decisions.
 With better decision-making, companies are well positioned to
increase productivity and profitability.
 And they’re likely to hire and retain interested and engaged
employees who contribute to overall success.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Wilk is VP of Corporate Marketing at Profiles
International, a research-focused company that helps
organizations worldwide create high‐performing
workforces.
Visit us at
http://www.profilesinternational.com/index.php
or call 866-751-1644 for more information about
Employee Assessments.
© 2013

Profiles International – Who We Are
Profiles International offers assessment solutions that
enable organizations to select the right people and develop
them to their full potential. Our solutions help clients
screen-out unsuitable candidates, match jobs that fit with
inherent capabilities, understand strengths and limitations
of successful onboarding, enhance performance and
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