Psychometric Tests and Assessment at Work

A competency framework is a grid or list that displays (a) competencies required to successfully perform in the job or (b) future business requirements:

• May come from key criteria set out in job description or person specification.
• May be divided into categories such as core, advanced and specialist.
• Informs the design of the Assessment Center or Development Center.

Some example competencies

• Decisiveness
• Leadership
• Productivity
• Flexibility
• Organizational skill
• Judgment
• Problem analysis
• Planning
• Initiative
• Oral communication
• Written communication
• Managing change
• Valuing diversity
  

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An development center is a tool (not a place) that uses a number of different methods of assessment in one session to enable a rounded and accurate assessment of an individual for development purposes.

Development centres…

• Designed to discover strengths & development needs
• Intention of feeding back results to candidates and devising development plan
• Exercises designed to reveal key strengths and development needs
• A good idea to know something about corporate strategy and manpower plan

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An assessment center is a tool (not a place) that uses a number of different methods of assessment in one session to enable a rounded and accurate assessment of an individual for selection.  Development Centers are similar to Assessment Centers, but their focus is on developing an individual who has already been selected for a job position.

• It provides detailed information on how a person performs in a variety of different situations

• It is primarily used in selection

• The ultimate aim is to appoint or promote to a particular job or career path

• It is used to assess job suitability
  

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