Tip of the Week - Assessing for Job Match

Well I have enjoyed my time off with the recent holiday, but now it is time to get back to work and bring you the tip of the week. This weeks tip focuses on using assessments for Job Matching. Job Matching is not a new science, it has been around for years, yet most businesses still fail to properly Match prospective hires or promotions to the Job. Why are more companies not matching yet? One reason is that the process is time consuming and in todays thin labor market many business owners or managers feel that they cannot be too picky.

I would counter this idea and propose that in todays thin labor market, job matching and detailed screening is more important than ever before. Studies by the Harvard School of Business provide us with a lot of evidence that job matching will greatly reduce turnover. They also suggest that job matching will greatly increase the productivity of workers and overall profitability of the organization. In todays climate these are all very desirable outcomes, so why are companies still not job matching?

One reason would be that a proper Job Match takes time and few managers out there are really skilled at doing it right. This is where the use of proper assessments can make a world of difference to the busy business owner or hiring manager. Job Matching assessments like the Profile XT can quickly help you establish benchmarks using your already successful employees and then develop a highly specific Job Match Pattern to help you select more productive employees. Assessments like the Profile XT are extremely accurate and provide a tremendous amount of data that can be used for the initial match and also for coaching, training, succession planning, motivating and career planning. Best of all they organize and present this information quickly and succinctly saving the busy hiring manager a tremendous amount of time and money. For more information on the use of assessments in the workplace go to www.workforcesurvival.com and sign up for one of our informative webinars.

Jim