Insight Initiatives Pty Ltd

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Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Select only the best staff from your short-list

Psychometric Testing & Profiling for Recruitment

Are you placing staff or executives into roles where they will have wide-ranging, long-term financial or cultural impact? Need much more than the vagaries of an interview? 

We provide clear, comprehensive and job-specific skills and character test data to inform your selection decisions. 

Our specialised Organisational Psychologists use only the very best modern pre-employment tests and assessment protocols.

 

 

"As gamblers, employers and bankers know, even marginal differences in rates of return will yield big gains - or losses - over time."

Linda Gottfredson, The General Intelligence Factor, Scientific American Vol9#4

 

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Executives & Leaders

Managerial & Leadership Assessment & Succession Planning

 

This is what the discerning Audit Director of insurance giant Royal & SunAlliance, Glen Laslett, had to say about Insight Matters' Comprehensive Assessment service:  When asked to 'rate out of 10' the performance of his Senior Audit Team....

  1. Before Assessment was introduced (i.e. Standard recruitment interviewing only), and

  2. Once the whole team comprised of staff selected using Insight Matters' Comprehensive Assessment...

....he observed:

"Performance went from [an average of] 3-4 to 8-9.  The principal improvement was cognition, i.e. being able to quickly understand an issue.  Without any doubt, the testing helped manage the recruitment risk.  Quote me by all means.  I am quite certain of the benefits."

 

Professionals

Testing & profiling of professional & technical staff

Our assessments give you information on lots of job-relevant criteria, such as:

  • Leadership and people management style

  • Influencing style and interpersonal behaviour

  • Values and attitudes

  • Motivators and demotivators

  • Reasoning capabilities - intellectual skills

  • Approach to project management

  • Employment risk factors, e.g. emotional volatility

…and specific recommendations regarding:

  • Questions to ask referees before making an offer

  • Degree of ‘fit’ with the job and your company's culture

  • Complementarities and clashes with your current team

  • How to manage, motivate and support your new incumbent for maximum success

  • Ongoing development and coaching strategies

GraduatesGraduate recruitment methods

We have a full spectrum of programs for Graduates, from quick Screening Assessments which supplement your existing recruitment process, to full Assessment Centres.

(See below.)

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Sales

Recruit the most effective sales staff

We have programs for profiling...
  • Shopfloor staff

  • Mid-level sales people

  • Executive sales staff, handling complex or high-value negotiations

Contact us to discuss your needs.

Customer ServicePre-employment testing of customer service personnel Programs are targetted to fit your customer service culture.  Do you need your staff to be...
  • Super-friendly and warm ?

  • Tough enough to handle grumpy customers ?

  • Smart enough to answer technical questions ?

Choose from standard assessments or made-to measure to identify particular characteristics.

     

Assessment Services Menu

 For recruitment, promotion, development & succession planning

     Suitable   ü Recommended   üü Highly recommended

Process Time for candidate(s)

Assessment / Development Centres

for Groups of 3+

- Very comprehensive reporting and feedback on each candidate.

1 day     üüü üüü üü üü

Comprehensive Assessment

- Expert Psychological Profiler 

- Additional personality measure

- 2 or 3 Ability Tests

- Other exercises, e.g.:

    - Creative Thinking

    - Written Fluency

- Psychologist's interview

- Face-to-face feedback

Comprehensive Job Suitability Report against job competencies

- Strengths & limitations

- How to manage, coach & motivate the candidate

- Reference checking questions

- 6 page profile chart

- In-depth feedback

 

Testing

4.5 - 6

hours

 

Feedback

1.5 - 2 hours

 

üü üü üüü üüü üü üü

Standard Assessment

- Expert Psychological Profiler 

- Additional personality measure

- 2 or 3 Ability Tests

- Psychologist's interview

Job Suitability Report against job competencies:

- Strengths & limitations

- How to manage, coach & motivate the candidate

- Reference checking questions

- 3-5 page Profile Chart

- Telephone feedback

3 - 3.5

hours

üü üü üü üü üü üü

Basic Assessment   

- Expert Psychological Profiler 

- Additional personality measure

- 2 or 3 Ability Tests

- Psychologist's interview - brief

Brief Job Suitability Report against job competencies:

- Strengths & limitations

- How to manage, coach & motivate the candidate

- Reference checking tips 

- 3 page Profile Chart 

- Brief telephone feedback

2.5 - 3

hours

üü üü üü üü üü ü
Screening Assessment

for Groups of 10+

- Expert Psychological Profiler 

- 2 or 3 Ability Tests

Group Report featuring numerical ratings against job competencies and identification of best candidates.

2.5 - 3

hours

üü üü üü üü üü ü

Personality / Behavioural  Profiling only

- Expert Psychological Profiler 

Summary Job Suitability Report against job competencies:

- Strengths & limitations, with numerical ratings

- 6 page profile chart

- Brief telephone feedback

45

minutes

ü ü ü ü    
Levels of certainty increase as you move up the table. The more that you allow your psychologist to measure, the more certain the outputs will be.

Insight Matters' reports are never computer generated 'astrology reports'!!  All integration of data and interpretive reporting is performed by highly skilled corporate psychologists specially trained in occupational assessment.