Pre-employment testing is giving employers ‘fits’

Have you heard about the tests that are giving employers “fits”?

Bruce McWilliams, general manager at Lee’s Summit Honda, credits a 15-minute pre-employment psychological profile with reducing employee turnover and boosting sales at the car dealership.

Rich Mellor, a loss-prevention adviser and division vice president at Helzberg Diamonds, believes a pre-employment integrity and attitude assessment has improved staff quality and cut inventory shrinkage.

Jennifer Bosshardt, spokeswoman for Sprint Corp., says a pre-employment personality test is the efficiency tool the company needs to improve the odds of hiring successful workers in its cellular phone stores.

Pre-employment assessments – designed to predict the likelihood that an applicant will be a good “fit” in the job – are sweeping through the work world.

Dr. John Grohol is the CEO and founder of Psych Central. He is an author, researcher and expert in mental health online, and has been writing about online behavior, mental health and psychology issues -- as well as the intersection of technology and human behavior -- since 1992. Dr. Grohol sits on the editorial board of the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking and is a founding board member and treasurer of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

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