Tuesday 11 October 2016

Not sure Personality Profiling

Personality profiling, Commonly called psychometric testing or psychological profiling, is a fast way to comprehend a person's personality in a given scenario.


 

It's not going to disclose things about how switched on they may be|It is not a indication of intelligence or ability.


 

It will only tell you about the individual's preferred way of acting|However you may discover things about what they do.


 

In this article we will talk about about personality profiling and evenhow to apply it at work.



Profiling at in business



Profiling is used to help organisations in a number of ways.. For many years now profiling has helped with;



Recruiting



Staff Appraisals



Development



Teams



Profiling in Recruitment



Are you recruiting? Then you may want to know that there are a few personality types that will thrive in the job you have and there are some that will cope very badly. It doesn't matter what qualifications or what experience they have. Each person's personality type determines how well they cope with the work environment you you have to offer.


 

It is always better to hire people who are natural rather than people who aren't.


 

A “Natural” will cope with your job role much easier. This is because they work to their strengths. “Naturals” will stick the job longer and perform better.


 

“Forced Fits” Are always peddling uphill. They have to invest a lot of energy just to cope with your environment. This is why PeopleMaps developed the Success Profile Builder. With this tool you can identify which candidates will do best in your job role.



How To Profile People



So one of the usual things people want to know is “how to profile people”. It's pretty much impossible to do this manually.It requires some software, which consists of a questionnaire and an algorithm, that produces a result.


 

Much easier by far is to use an existing platform. It takes years of refinement and development to produce a profiler that can be relied upon. PeopleMaps spent millions and many many years to develop its profiler. Cheap systems are just not going to be fit for purpose.


 

Are you looking for FBI profiling? Then that's a very different subject and it's not what this piece is about.



Tools for Profiling



With so many systems to choose from. You need to be looking to ensure you buy the right one. Will it last the test of time?. It takes years to refine a system to produce repeatable results.


 

Make sure it is designed for your application. There is no such thing as a personality report as they are all very different, make sure you get the right one. Is it an internet system?|Make sure it has been designed to be used on the web|These days software has to work over the internet.


 

As with most things, some are better than others. Avoid lengthy questionnaires. Find out who the researcher is underpinning it.