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Psychometric Assessments will save you money!
                                         
Research shows the more you invest in the selection of your people by making sure they have the right knowledge‚ skills and attitude‚ the less resources your business will need to make up for costly errors.

At HB Recruitment and Training we recognise that it is not just your employees’ knowledge and skill base that will decide your human resource potential for the future. The ‘attitude’ and ‘motivation’ of your employees is equally‚ if not more important, to making the most from your human capital.

HB Recruitment and Training now provides a range of Add-on Psychometric Tools which can be incorporated into the recruitment process in order to further improve the outcome of your hiring decisions. These tools comprise a series of ’test batteries’ which are specific for the audience and/or role being tested and HB Recruitment will help you choose the right tests for your situation.
HB Recruitment and Training has a commitment to only offering proven assessment measures that have established reliable credentials regarding their construction, technical validity and relevant benchmarking or norm data.

These tests and questionnaires have all been developed by Psychologists and are included in a family of services provided to HB Recruitment and Training by the test publishers, Psytech International under the brand name of GeneSys™.

HB Recruitment and Training can provide its clients with a range of testing systems for internal administration and reporting. In the past, the scoring and interpretation of personality and behavioural type measures required that they be conducted off site under the supervision of trained Psychologists. This was largely due to the requirement that raw psychometric data needed to be derived, interpreted and reported by appropriately trained professionals.

With the development of sophisticated on-line administration, scoring and interpretative systems it is possible for employers to access a validated range of personality, aptitude and ability testing products without external intervention, at a much lower cost than would normally prevail. HB Recruitment and Training staff members have carried out the compulsory test administrator training to ensure the assessment is implemented appropriately and effectively.

Measures of Personality, Values and Interests

Personality questionnaires provide a fair, objective and cost-effective method of predicting likely behaviour in a wide range of settings. They are used in conjunction with other evidence to make predictions about likely success in a wide range of jobs.

Developed for use in industry on a worldwide basis, HB Recruitment and Training offers a range of measures of personality, occupational interests and personal values all of which are supported by benchmarking data or norms and impressive validation evidence gathered both within Australia and overseas.

Career Guidance and Counselling

Clearly all people are different and have different career expectations, interests and objectives. When considering future employment directions these differences need to be measured and recognised in order that the most balanced career decisions can be taken.

HB Recruitment and Training utilises a range of methodologies which provide objective evidence to support career transition or guidance to people at all ages and levels within the community.

The Tests

GeneSys™ fully supports an impressive range of test materials, which can be administered either at our premises in Toowoomba or on-line via any PC connected to the internet. The tests include measures of personality, vocational interests, values, aptitudes and abilities. Assessment batteries are available for clerical, technical, sales, graduate and managerial selection and development.

Individual Reports

These are based on a single respondent’s scores on a particular test or battery. Individual reports can include profile and narrative elements.

Profile Match

This allows the user to specify the ideal profile on a particular personality questionnaire and compare respondents to this ideal, highlighting overall fit and areas for further exploration.

Measures of Aptitude and Ability

Over 60 years of accumulated evidence supports the power of ability tests in predicting occupational and academic outcomes. Tests distributed by HB Recruitment and Training are developed on this foundation, while taking advantage of the growth of the Internet to administer, score and interpret the data.

General Reasoning Tests (GRT2™)

A comprehensive, detailed and accurate measure of mental ability, this test has been designed to assess reasoning power. It is suitable for use in assessing people for a wide range of jobs. It consists of three sections, which measure respectively: Verbal (VR2™), Numerical (NR2™) and Abstract (AR2™) reasoning.

Graduate Reasoning Tests (GRT1™)

A comprehensive and in-depth measure of mental capacity, this test has been designed to assess high level reasoning ability suitable for senior management and graduate calibre staff. It consists of three sections, which measure respectively; Verbal (VR1™), Numerical (NR1™) and Abstract (AR1™) reasoning.

Critical Reasoning Test Battery (CRTB™)

Providing a detailed and accurate measure of critical reasoning this test series consists of two tests: the Verbal Critical Reasoning (VCR1™) and Numerical Critical Reasoning (NCR1™) tests. Specifically designed for senior management and professional assessment the stem passages and tables, which form the basis of these critical reasoning tests, have been designed to reflect current, real world issues; thus avoiding the artificiality of some test formats.

Clerical Test Battery (CTB2™)

This test series consists of four tests which assess a range of clerical aptitudes and skills: Verbal Reasoning (VR2™), Numerical Ability (NA2™), Clerical Checking (CC2™) and Spelling (SP2™). Designed for general clerical and administrative positions, tests can either be administered on their own in order to assess one specific aptitude, or the whole battery can be administered to produce a candidate profile. The clerical battery also includes an optional on-screen typing and filing test and can be integrated with a personality questionnaire.

Technical Test Battery (TTB2™)

This test series consists of three measures which can be administered on-screen or in pencil-and-paper form, on their own or as a complete series. The TTB2™ measures the core skills that are required for selecting and assessing staff for engineering apprenticeships, craft apprenticeships or technical training. More than a measure of knowledge or attainment the TTB2™ will help identify those people who are likely to be able to grasp technical concepts and put them to practical use. The Technical Test Battery can be integrated with the General Reasoning tests (GRT2™) with GeneSys providing a fully integrated aptitude profile and narrative report.

Occupational Personality Profile (OPP™)

A comprehensive yet quick to administer personality profile measuring nine core traits that are of particular relevance in occupational assessment. The OPP™ was developed as part of an extensive research programme in major organisations and is supported by a continuing development programme. Consequently, the user can be sure that the occupationally relevant personality scales measured by this test are reliable and robust. Specifically developed to be implemented on GeneSys™ integrated assessment software the OPP™ is at the cutting-edge of computer aided assessment.

Fifteen Factor Personality Questionnaire (15FQ+™)

A modern alternative to the 16PF™, the 15FQ+™ measures 15 of the 16 original adult personality factors originally proposed by Raymond Cattell. It is the ideal comprehensive personality assessment questionnaire designed to have all the advantages of the 16PF™ yet avoids problems associated with low reliability associated with some of the 16PF™ version 4 scales and poor cross cultural transferability of many of the items.

The 15FQ+ ™measures the ways in which people think, feel and interact with others. Derived characteristics examine team, management, subordinate and selling styles and a number of predictions including career patterns can be calculated. The 15FQ+™ items have been carefully crafted to avoid gender, race and evaluative bias with published research demonstrating that the 15FQ+™ does not unfairly discriminate against minority groups.

Values and Motives Questionnaire (VMI™)

The VMI™ is a normative self-report questionnaire which profiles the motivating forces that are likely to determine the amount of energy or effort that an individual is likely to expend in particular activities. As such it can be used on its own or as part of a more comprehensive assessment process for selection, development, guidance and team-building. It can assist in directing individuals into areas where they are likely to gain most satisfaction and make the greatest contribution.

Occupational Interest Profile (OIP™)

Designed to provide a comprehensive and fully integrated psychometric assessment for career guidance and development. This test series consists of an occupational interest questionnaire and a measure of "personal work needs" which can be fully integrated with a choice of general or specific aptitude measures. Developed following extensive initial trialling on a large sample of 16 to 18 year olds it has been designed so that only a basic level of education is required to complete it. Since its development in 1991 it has subsequently been applied to professional groups with impressive results and now boasts a norm group of several thousands of working adults in a variety of occupational areas.