Nikky van Bommel is the Marketing Director for Big 5 Assessments and has worked in the Psychometric Testing industry for over 10 years. Nikky is responsible for all marketing and social media for the organisation.
Fear not, calculating employee turnover is not as difficult as it might sound. There are plenty of tools out there to support you in this task. Calculating employee turnover is the first step to learning whether a company is running…
‘Employee turnover’ and ‘retention’ are phrases you will hear a lot in the world of employment. But what do they actually mean? This blog post will help you to understand what employee turnover is and how it can impact your…
You’re probably familiar with the phrase “what gets measured gets done.” Defining and measuring effectiveness – especially the performance of workers – is an important part of any hiring manager. The tricky bit is…how do you define the skills, behaviours,…
Psychometric testing is becoming increasingly popular in the world of recruitment and so it is useful to understand the benefits and advantages that come with the adoption of this approach. 75% of The Times Best Companies to Work For use…
When you initially begin to look into adopting psychometric testing within your company, it can be useful to weigh up the costs and benefits. Before any company decides to include a new aspect in their recruitment process, it is important…
Psychometric testing is becoming more and more prevalent in recruitment, and for good reason. Psychometric testing removes a lot of the guesswork from the recruitment process, enabling the recruiters to be objective and improving the chances that the perfect candidate…
Psychometric testing can improve your recruitment selection by approximately 24%. A lot of the recruitment process is guesswork and this can lead to poor retention figures. However, by introducing psychometric testing into your recruitment process, a lot of the guesswork…
Psychometric testing is a valuable tool that can be used at all stages of the recruitment process. If you are not familiar with psychometric testing, then you are not alone. These tests can be used to test the ‘soft-skills’ a…
Chalk & Cheese – Normative vs Ipsative Assessments Different designs- different applications At a glance: Most ipsative personality assessments (like Predictive Index, Myers-Briggs, Thomas, DiSC, McQuaig, etc.) are only suitable for applications where there is no need to compare the…
January can be a tough month for most people as a combination of debt from Christmas, the cold weather, and failed New Year’s resolutions (diet…what diet?) takes its toll. For others, it’s a month of realisation, with January being the…
