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An Individual Assessment is a process, where
- candidates are assessed individually, with important time and resource savings
- several predefined competencies are assessed, thus making the assessment more objective and comprehensive
- several different exercises are used to assess behaviour in different situations
- several observers assess the candidates, thus making the process more objective and unbiased
- all results are integrated thus creating a complex and detailed report on each candidates’ strengths and weaknesses
Possible objectives of an Individual Assessment
To select people with potential
To identify internal promotion possibilities
To identify development needs of employees and design targeted training programs
To create an atmosphere where employees see career possibilities and the development needs required to move on.
Steps of an Individual Assessment
1. Define the competencies: A successful Individual Assessment is based on a Competency Model that will be developed together with the client. Competencies describe a behaviour needed in order to perform a job effectively.
2. Choosing the tests and exercises: The choice of exercises in the Individual Assessment is focused on those that will provide opportunities to observe relevant behaviours according to the set competencies.
3. During the Individual Assessment: Our consultants will moderate and organize the whole Individual Assessment process, administer and score the tests, evaluate the performance.
4. After the Individual Assessment: Each assessed person will receive an individual feedback by one of our consultants. The written report describes the strengths and development needs relevant to the competency model.
Our Consultants
- develop a client specific competency model;
- select or develop the exercises;
- train in house observers of the client;
- moderate and organize the whole Individual Assessment process;
- deliver the reports with a detailed description of the candidates potential and development needs;
The tools we use in our Individual Assessments
Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) – to get a comprehensive image of the candidates personality profile;
Ability Tests – to evaluate the intellectual abilities;
Role-Play exercises – to evaluate social competencies;
Group exercises – to evaluate team behaviour or leadership style;
Analysis exercises – to evaluate problem solving abilities;
Presentation exercises – to evaluate presentation skills and selling style;
You can find a more detailed description of these instruments in the products section on this site or contact us to discuss your needs or to get more information.
The outcome of the Individual Assessment
The outcome of the Individual Assessment is a personalised hand-written report for each participant, containing the following:
A brief description of each candidate against each competency;
A chart with grades from 1-5 showing whether the respective competency is a strength or scope for development;
Development recommendations on the needed fields;
The OPQ32 Premium Report;
The graphic representation of the ability test results against a General Romanian Managerial Norm Group;
We run Individual Assessments in Romanian or English. Our suggestion is to make the AC in the native language of the participants. If knowledge of a foreign language is an important factor the language skills should be assessed in a separate exercise (or for example in a presentation exercise).
Please contact us to discuss your needs or to get more information.