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Wednesday, 7 July 2013

Yes it can increase sales… if you know how to to use the various Social Media platforms that are available to you. Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Blogs, Posts and on and on and on. We have a new marketing platform available to us that many have rushed into because some very clever Social Media experts have convinced us we should. So […]

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Wednesday, 7 July 2013

The British Psychological Society defines psychometric testing as: “Any procedure on the basis of which inferences are made concerning a person’s capacity, propensity or liability to act, react, experience, or to structure or order thought or behaviour in particular ways.” In basic terms, psychometrics are simply a way of measuring psychological traits including personality, attitudes and beliefs and assessing an […]

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Monday, 7 July 2013

Psychometrics can be used within organisations to help better understand and assess individuals and plan professional development. Psychometric testing is increasingly used in recruitment, performance measurement, goal setting and staff development. Business success is not only down to the knowledge and skills of individuals, but also their beliefs and attitudes. Smart managers acknowledge that their staff are more than just […]

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Friday, 7 July 2013

Psychometric testing is used commonly in business today for everything from recruitment to professional development. But how much weight should we put on psychometric tests when it comes to hiring, firing and promotion? Critics believe that psychometrics is an inaccurate science and that data from psychometric testing should not be relied on when it comes to making important business decisions. […]

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Wednesday, 7 July 2013

Used properly, psychometric testing can provide you with valuable data that can help you to hire the best people for the job, get the most out of your staff and help you to manage more effectively. However if carried out poorly, psychometrics can be a waste of time and money and the results can be inaccurate and unreliable. For this […]

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Wednesday, 7 July 2013

Historically, the task of getting the entire workforce to complete a survey, collecting them, collating the data and analysing the results was huge one, and many companies wondered if it was worth the effort. Small businesses in particular, often did not have the available budget with which to conduct an effective engagement survey and act on the results. However, these […]

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Monday, 7 July 2013

As managers began to recognise the value in employee engagement and its effects on running a profitable business, interest grew in how it could effectively be measured. Business analytics agency, Gallup, is commonly accredited with inventing the modern engagement survey and their research has been published in a number of publications including the Harvard Business Review and the Journal of […]

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