Assessing potential (and the benefits for both the company and the individual) before hiring, or pre-employment skills assessment, enables the manager to objectively measure the candidate’s skills against criteria that he or she has previously defined and prioritized.
Unlike a psychometric assessment, which simply produces a report on a candidate’s skills, a potential assessment takes the evaluation of a candidate a step further.
Potential assessment: for maximum objectivity
Potential assessment is
- consisting of a battery of psychometric tests (personality, management basket, skills, values, etc.);
- consisting of a skills validation interview;
- sometimes involving real-life situations.
In addition, the potential assessment enables you to draw up a precise profile of a candidate’s key skills for the position your company needs to fill.
According to an article in Les affairesBy using data, we eliminate hiring based on hunches ,” making the hiring process more objective.
In the vast majority of cases, candidates who have successfully gone through the company’s recruitment and selection process (resume analysis, interviews, reference checks, e-reputation checks) are hired after the company has carried out a potential assessment.
But why undertake a potential assessment?
In addition to a recommendation on whether or not to hire the candidate, a potential assessment report should provide the following information:
- Strengths other than those targeted by the company for the position;
- Skills to develop;
- The person’s motivating factors;
- Tips to facilitate integration into the job and the company;
- Coaching tips to help candidates perform.
Potential assessment as a development tool
Managers who capitalize on their potential assessments use these (potential assessment) reports:
- to integrate the candidate into the position;
- as professional development tools in the months following employment;
- to refer to it from time to time when the employee’s performance isn’t up to scratch, as a means of giving yourself guidelines for intervention with the employee.
According to our customers, the benefits they derive from using the information contained in potential assessment reports after hiring are :
- A better understanding of the individual and the skills he or she needs to develop to shine in his or her new role;
- Set up a training plan that takes into account the individual’s specific needs;
- Easier, faster integration into the job;
- See opportunities for development and promotion within the organization;
- A superior is better able to adapt his or her management style to the individuals under his or her control;
- Better team synergy.
Maximizing your return on investment with a potential assessment means using it and referring to it as a technical guide to help you make the most of your employees’ skills, with the aim of benefiting your organization. Do you find this approach useful?
Contact us to find out more about potential assessment and the benefits for both the company and your future employee.
