Talent Assessment
Cognitive Selection Tools - Skills and Abilities - "Can Do"
Skill and aptitude assessments have the strongest predictive power of the widely used employee selection procedures. They are a cost-effective means of quickly determining whether an employee can perform the job at a desirable level.
PSI publishes the following skills and aptitude testing assessments:
- Basic Skills Tests (BST)
(sample positions: Customer Service, Administrative, Clerical)
Language Skills · Reading Comprehension · Vocabulary · Computation · Problem Solving · Decision Making · Following Oral/Written Directions · Forms Checking · Reasoning · Classifying · Coding · Filing Names/Numbers · Visual Speed & Accuracy · Workplace Keyboarding/Data Entry Skills - Employee Aptitude Survey (EAS)
(sample positions: Supervisors, Sales, Engineers, Accountants, Skilled Workers)
Verbal Comprehension · Numerical Ability · Visual Pursuit · Visual Speed & Accuracy · Space Visualization · Numerical Reasoning · Verbal Reasoning · Word Fluency · Manual Speed and Accuracy · Symbolic Reasoning · Manual Dexterity - Professional Employment Test (PET)
(sample positions: Management Selection, Professionals)
Verbal Comprehension · Quantitative Problem Solving · Reasoning · Data Interpretation - Manual Dexterity Test for Industry (MDTI)
(sample positions: Operators, Assembly, Production Workers - Computer Skills Tests/Data Entry
(all jobs) - Industrial Skills Tests (IST)
(sample positions: Manufacturing, Assembly, Operations and Process involving Machinery, Repair and Maintenance, Skilled Craft, Construction, Firefighters)
Working with Numbers, Charts and Graphs; Reading Comprehension; Mechanical Principles - Ramsay Knowledge Tests
(technical jobs) - Multimedia Comprehension Test
(all jobs) - Public Safety
(sample positions: Entry-level Firefighter, Entry-Level Law Enforcement, Protective Services - SureHire
PSI offers several assessments that enable you to quickly focus on those candidates who have the most potential.