Making the Wrong Talent Decision Hurts
No one enjoys dealing with the fallout of a wrong hiring decision, not the organization, not Human Resources, not the employee’s manager, and certainly not the employee.
Research has shown that unconscious bias (i.e., making automatic associations based on characteristics that may have nothing to do with hiring factors such as race, age, gender, disability, height, weight, tattoos, or accent) can seep into the hiring/selection process.
The PXT Select™ assessment with its more than 30 years of research provides organizations objective, valid, reliable, and accurate data so you can more confidently hire, develop, and retain top-performing, productive employees. With the right people working in the right roles and developed to their full potential, your organization can build and engage a high-performing workforce that drives results.
About the PXT Select
The PXT Select is a comprehensive, “full person” assessment that measures how well an individual fits specific jobs in an organization by assessing their Cognitive Ability, Behavioral
Traits, and Interests. The job-matching feature of the PXT Select assessment enables your organization to evaluate an individual relative to the qualities required to perform a job successfully. The results of the PXT Select assessment are then used to help you understand how people think and solve problems, how they work and interact with their coworkers, managers, and customers, and what motivates and interests them. By understanding employees at a deeper level, your organization has a greater insight as to how to help your employees thrive and that means they experience a greater sense of engagement and interest in their work. In the end, that leads to a healthier work environment. The benefits to your organization and your employees are:
- Improved team performance and workplace harmony.
- The selection of individuals most likely to succeed for each role and team.
- Improved communication and relationships between employees.
- A consistent and strong culture of openness, growth, and care.
- The identification of ways to enhance performance and maximize an individual’s contribution to your organization.
- Reduced turnover and greater employee engagement which results in happier employees!
Research by Wiley, the publisher of the PXT Select assessment, showed nine out of ten respondents identified hiring and selection as the number-one organizational process that could be affected by unconscious bias. That’s why it’s so important to create a structured, data-driven hiring process which includes always using clearly defined hiring criteria, tapping into assessments and other rich sources of data, conducting structured interviews, and including interviewers with diverse backgrounds. Our structured processes help your hiring managers
select the best candidates while reducing the impact of unconscious bias. Further, Wiley recommends (and we follow) the recommendation that results from the PXT Select assessment are never more than one-third (1/3) of the input to your hiring/selection decisions.
We here at Great Lakes Profiles have been using the PXT Select assessment and its previous versions for more than 30 years. Reach out to us at [email protected] or call us at (248) 388-0697. We’re here to help you make the right talent decisions.