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For the most part, today\u2019s recruitment services claim to help organisations hire job seekers more efficiently and effectively. \u00a0The majority of them invest their time and energy in recruiting efforts to get as many candidates as possible to apply for employment opportunities.<\/p>\n
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Once a large pool of candidates has been created, these recruitment services offer a number of solutions to help hire managers with some parts of the selection process. Many provide their clients with certain screening tools and applicant tracking systems that focus primarily on the candidates\u2019 job experience. In other words, they help employers select the candidates with the most relevant experience for the job.<\/p>\n
Most, if not all, of these solutions fall short in actually assessing the<\/strong> work styles and<\/strong> competencies of the job seekers<\/strong>. In our recruiting efforts with hundreds of both public and private sector employers, we have determined that the best predictor of job performance, and the one that matters the most, is the \u2018attitude\u2019 that an employee adopts at work, even more so than his or her experience.<\/p>\n As such, measuring work styles that are related to a \u2018positive attitude\u2019becomes a primary goal in order to select the \u2018most qualified\u201d or \u201cbest\u2019 employees (i.e. individuals with both the most positive attitude and required work experience).<\/p>\n To be successful and increase the likelihood of hiring the right candidate for a job, it\u2019s important to assess the key work competencies<\/strong> that are important for most jobs and to ensure that there is little likelihood that the candidate will engage in negative or counter-productive work behaviours<\/strong>. These include lateness, taking unplanned breaks, substance use on the job, etc. \u00a0In addition, it is critical to also assess the motivation that an employee has to actually work within a specific work domain. This allows the employers to focus their training and development efforts on employees who actually would like to have a desired career path or work, for a significant period of time, in the same line of work.<\/p>\n Y2 Consulting Psychologists<\/a>\u2019<\/strong> online recruitment system (iRecruitment) quickly evaluates a number of key competencies using our Work Style Assessment<\/a>. <\/strong>A competency is the combination of observable and measurable knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes that contribute to enhanced employee performance and ultimately result in organizational success.1<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n Our Work Style Assessment evaluates the following competencies:<\/p>\n This assessment tool also evaluates:<\/p>\nKey Work Competencies and Work Styles<\/h2>\n
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