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Pre-employment Testing

"I think that I am hiring good people but they turn out to be mediocre at best!"

In today’s world, candidates are extremely sophisticated and have professional support from coaches and recruitment agencies with one goal in mind… to groom them to land their dream job. When first meeting a candidate or reading their resume, they may seem ideally suited for your role. After several months of working with a new employee, their natural style becomes evident as their interview mask fades. The PPA personality test is a powerful pre-employment test that can accurately and objectively identify a candidate's behavioral workstyle in less than ten minutes and raise an interviewer's skills significantly by providing data that gets behind the interview mask.

"Maybe my interview process is not rigourous enough."

Most interviewers are extremely strong at matching a candidate’s education, experience and technical skills to a role. The challenge is quickly getting behind the “interview mask” that a candidate presents and answering these sorts of questions:

Will the candidate have the necessary drive to deal with challenging situations?
Does the candidate have the required high levels of accuracy and detail?
Can the candidate multi-task and deal with a fast paced and changing environment?
Is the person able to make tough factual decisions devoid of emotions?
Is the individual able to persuade others in an outgoing and friendly manner?
Can the person quickly and enthusiastically connect with our customers and prospects?

The answers to questions such as these are available through assessing a candidate's behavioral workstyle. The average interviewer is less than 30% accurate in accomplishing this in an interview. The Thomas PPA personality test used in pre-employment testing provides you with valuable insights into a person's behavior preferences to answer such questions and can provide you with the behavior-based questions needed to accurately probe for the answers you need to make the best-informed hiring decision.

"I need to recruit more top performers to increase productivity and lower my turnover."

The PPA personality test is part of a behavioral talent management system that enables you to develop a job profile specific to your role and the culture at your company. The job profile forms a standard to which candidates can be assessed for job fit. In addition to getting behind the interview mask, you will also be able to assess how the candidate's natural work style matches the demands of the job. In short, job fit means an increase in productivity and a reduction in turnover since you have engaged employees who feel satisfied and fulfilled in their roles. Even where their may be job fit gaps, you will know about them upfront, not six months into the job. Any training and support needs can be identified at the start which helps in the onboarding process and overall retention.

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TG and Associates
“Our client base is growing because of the reputation we have in doing these assessments and the word of mouth from clients that we have helped their businesses by using the Thomas PPA System.”

CDI
Creating efficiency in the hiring process to reduce turnover. See how using the Thomas PPA system has resulted in a significant reduction in turnover at CDI.

THP
“Before we started using Thomas, decisions at interview were made on personality only - they seemed nice, interviewed well and had the right qualifications. However, basing decisions on personality meant we were not objective..."

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