Highly admired human resources and psychometric testing company People Central has over 200 corporate clients in New Zealand, and has lately been awarded a Ministry of Social Development contract to help Hawkes Bay people facing redundancy, get into the workplace. People Central made a big impression on the Ministry in 2012, when 80% of their referrals (people who were facing redundancy) were back in work within 2 months.
At People Central psychometric testing is conducted by qualified professionals, with a background in human resources, and in contact with the wants of business and clients. Business wanting to take on a new staff member can reduce the risk of making a poor recruitment decision, by employing professionals like Folk Central to do the psychometric testing. Another common corporate usage of psychometric testing is to recognize talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling People Central they can prepare for tests for your candidates, whether or not that be online or alternatively under supervised testing conditions. With Folks Central you can expect results the following day.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified professionals and free online testing, which can lead to costly business mistakes. Unfortunately in New Zealand there are many well used psychometric products that are little better than horoscopes.
According to People Central, the best psychometric tests have more than 20 years of empirical research behind them, put simply they aren't free. Another misinterpretation is that psychometric testing is just for white collar positions, but there is actually a reasonable range of products on the market specifically for every talent level, its just that if the company offering the testing is not qualified then they may struggle to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final imperative factor is ensuring that the test uses a New Zealand norm group, otherwise the results will be deceiving due to cultural differences, and this has been a major factor in great potential employees losing out on the job, and a poor recruitment end result for business.
At People Central psychometric testing is conducted by qualified professionals, with a background in human resources, and in contact with the wants of business and clients. Business wanting to take on a new staff member can reduce the risk of making a poor recruitment decision, by employing professionals like Folk Central to do the psychometric testing. Another common corporate usage of psychometric testing is to recognize talent in the team. Within 24 hours of calling People Central they can prepare for tests for your candidates, whether or not that be online or alternatively under supervised testing conditions. With Folks Central you can expect results the following day.
Of concern is that in NZ the psychometric testing industry is unregulated and is completely full of non-qualified professionals and free online testing, which can lead to costly business mistakes. Unfortunately in New Zealand there are many well used psychometric products that are little better than horoscopes.
According to People Central, the best psychometric tests have more than 20 years of empirical research behind them, put simply they aren't free. Another misinterpretation is that psychometric testing is just for white collar positions, but there is actually a reasonable range of products on the market specifically for every talent level, its just that if the company offering the testing is not qualified then they may struggle to pick a test that is relevant to the job.
The final imperative factor is ensuring that the test uses a New Zealand norm group, otherwise the results will be deceiving due to cultural differences, and this has been a major factor in great potential employees losing out on the job, and a poor recruitment end result for business.
About the Author:
Established in 1999 by Steve Evans, People Central now has 16 staff located around the country and the company frequently partners up with partners for countrywide recruitment drives, team development, or to run multi-site redundancies. Folk Central also has associates around the world, and is well versed in hiring staff from Australia, the British Isles and Far East for NZ clients.