Assessments
Selecting the right candidate for a position is crucial to job performance and retention, and assessments should be an integral part of your candidate selection process. This is true whether you’re selecting external or internal candidates.
Assessments are also a key component in identifying skills gaps prior to placing employees into a training program. Valuable man-hours and resources are wasted when employees attend training they don’t need or do not have the prerequisites required to be successful in the training.
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Assessments
Selecting the right candidate for a position is crucial to job performance and retention, and assessments should be an integral part of your candidate selection process. This is true whether you’re selecting external or internal candidates.
Assessments are also a key component in identifying skills gaps prior to placing employees into a training program. Valuable man-hours and resources are wasted when employees attend training they don’t need or do not have the prerequisites required to be successful in the training.
Click on each category below to view a list of offerings.
Workforce Development
Assessments
The ACT National Career Readiness Certificate® (NCRC®) is a portable, evidence-based credential that certifies the essential skills for workplace success. Employers look for it from job candidates, whether they come directly from high school, work-based learning programs, or through postsecondary paths, because it is a valid predictor of job performance. The NCRC® includes the following three assessments.
Applied Math - measures critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and problem-solving techniques for situations that occur in today’s workplace.
Graphic Literacy - measures the skills needed to locate, synthesize, and use information from workplace graphics.
Workplace Documents - measures the skills people use when they read and use written text such as memos, letters, directions, signs, notices, bulletins, policies, and regulations on the job.
Measures basic principles and skills in four areas of technology: electricity, mechanics, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics.
Measures the skill used when writing an original response to a work-related situation.
Measures skills in observing, following, understanding, and evaluating processes, demonstrations, and other workplace procedures.
Measures an individual's interests and values and matches them to the work environment.
Helps employers find and develop employees by measuring work-related attitudes and behaviors.
Workforce Development
Assessments
The ACT National Career Readiness Certificate® (NCRC®) is a portable, evidence-based credential that certifies the essential skills for workplace success. Employers look for it from job candidates, whether they come directly from high school, work-based learning programs, or through postsecondary paths, because it is a valid predictor of job performance. The NCRC® includes the following three assessments.
Applied Math - measures critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and problem-solving techniques for situations that occur in today’s workplace.
Graphic Literacy - measures the skills needed to locate, synthesize, and use information from workplace graphics.
Workplace Documents - measures the skills people use when they read and use written text such as memos, letters, directions, signs, notices, bulletins, policies, and regulations on the job.
Measures basic principles and skills in four areas of technology: electricity, mechanics, fluid dynamics, and thermodynamics.
Measures the skill used when writing an original response to a work-related situation.
Measures skills in observing, following, understanding, and evaluating processes, demonstrations, and other workplace procedures.
Measures an individual's interests and values and matches them to the work environment.
Helps employers find and develop employees by measuring work-related attitudes and behaviors.
Defines and assesses the basic skills needed to use a computer and the internet in daily life, employment, and higher education. Assessments include:
- Basic Computer Skills
- Internet Basics
- Using Email
- Windows 10
- Mac OS
Assesses an individual’s basic competency, knowledge, and skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications. These assessments test at the beginner to intermediate level. Assessments include:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Assesses an individual’s basic competency, knowledge, and skills in the use of the internet, navigation tools, resources, and search engines. Assessments include:
- Social Media
- Information Literacy
- Career Search Skills
- Your Digital Footprint
Digital Literacy
Assessments
Digital Literacy
Assessments
Defines and assesses the basic skills needed to use a computer and the internet in daily life, employment, and higher education. Assessments include:
- Basic Computer Skills
- Internet Basics
- Using Email
- Windows 10
- Mac OS
Assesses an individual’s basic competency, knowledge, and skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications. These assessments test at the beginner to intermediate level. Assessments include:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Assesses an individual’s basic competency, knowledge, and skills in the use of the internet, navigation tools, resources, and search engines. Assessments include:
- Social Media
- Information Literacy
- Career Search Skills
- Your Digital Footprint
Personality
Assessments
Measures twelve personality traits that provide valuable insights into employees’ work styles and how they are likely to interact with co-workers, management and customers. It contains position-specific benchmarks that allow administrators to compare an individual's scores against composite profiles to determine likely job fit.
Measures personality traits that are critical to success in sales and sales-related fields such as customer service, sales management, marketing, and public relations. It assesses traits that are not apparent in an interview or resume, such as inhibitions about cold calling, reluctance to ask for a sale, and poor motivation to follow through once on the job.
Measures personality traits that are critical to success in customer service and customer service-related positions. Personality traits included are characteristics related to customer service potential and performance, such as diplomacy, cooperativeness, patience, and assertiveness.
Measures four traits: Conscientiousness, Perseverance, Integrity/Honesty, and Attitudes towards Theft and Fraud. It is used primarily for entry-level positions where rule adherence and trustworthiness are of primary importance.
Personality
Assessments
Measures twelve personality traits that provide valuable insights into employees’ work styles and how they are likely to interact with co-workers, management and customers. It contains position-specific benchmarks that allow administrators to compare an individual's scores against composite profiles to determine likely job fit.
Measures personality traits that are critical to success in sales and sales-related fields such as customer service, sales management, marketing, and public relations. It assesses traits that are not apparent in an interview or resume, such as inhibitions about cold calling, reluctance to ask for a sale, and poor motivation to follow through once on the job.
Measures personality traits that are critical to success in customer service and customer service-related positions. Personality traits included are characteristics related to customer service potential and performance, such as diplomacy, cooperativeness, patience, and assertiveness.
Measures four traits: Conscientiousness, Perseverance, Integrity/Honesty, and Attitudes towards Theft and Fraud. It is used primarily for entry-level positions where rule adherence and trustworthiness are of primary importance.
Measures a subject's mechanical aptitude, or ability to learn to use and maintain equipment and machinery. This assessment can predict performance for occupations involving the operation, maintenance, and servicing of tools, equipment, and machinery.
Is the single most accurate predictor of job performance because it assesses qualities that are critical to almost all jobs. This assessment provides employers with a rapid and precise way of measuring the abilities required to succeed in nearly every occupation.
Measures a person's concentration and ability to sustain focus on one or more tasks while avoiding distractions.
Aptitude
Assessments
Aptitude
Assessments
Measures a subject's mechanical aptitude, or ability to learn to use and maintain equipment and machinery. This assessment can predict performance for occupations involving the operation, maintenance, and servicing of tools, equipment, and machinery.
Is the single most accurate predictor of job performance because it assesses qualities that are critical to almost all jobs. This assessment provides employers with a rapid and precise way of measuring the abilities required to succeed in nearly every occupation.
Measures a person's concentration and ability to sustain focus on one or more tasks while avoiding distractions.