How do you assess your current or potential employees to ensure that both you and they will be successful? Do you use your “gut” and “what feels right”?
Have you ever invited a candidate in for an interview, had a great time chatting, hired them, and then found out 10 days later that they were a terrible fit? How can you know a candidate will work well with your team and with the demands of the position when the only information you have about them includes a piece of paper and an hour-long conversation?
This is why we at the CrossGroup recommend more in-depth assessments. Taking an analytical approach to hiring and coaching helps you understand your current and future employees better.
Why Assessments
Because of the many benefits of such assessments, more and more of our clients are using them to hire the right people as well as better coach and promote their current employees.
Our assessment of choice is the PXT Select. We so strongly believe in the PXT Select that we use it in all of our Leadership Programs to help both managers and employees understand themselves and their teams better.
Those we work with have seen its value as well. One engineer who manages a department of engineers has said that the PXT Select results continue to be a “game changer” for her personally. She went on to share what she learned about herself and how this enhanced self-awareness encourages her to learn and stretch in new ways. She continues to learn how to adapt to her direct reports. Her experience supports what we often say in our leadership seminars: “Only self-aware people can grow.”
PXT Select Uses
The uses for the PXT Select are boundless. For one example, it can be used for hiring decisions by strengthening the interview process. In another, it can be used to strengthen your existing team and aid you in coaching to individual needs. The PXT Select has personally impacted me: an early version of this assessment helped me hire the right people and changed my approach with new employee coaching that encouraged success in the first ninety days and beyond.
The PXT Select is so powerful in many situations because it gives a clear picture of a person’s thinking style, behaviors, and interests. And these are things you definitely want to know about a candidate before hiring them.
PXT Select Reports
Here are some of the reports that are available once you have tested a candidate or current employee:
COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION REPORT
Is the candidate a good fit? This powerful report helps you make smarter hiring decisions with confidence. This report features tailored interview questions and tips on “what to listen for” with each candidate. It gives you a meaningful edge in your hiring process.
MULTIPLE POSITIONS REPORT
Which positions might be best for a particular individual? Compare a candidate or employee to multiple jobs in your organization.
MULTIPLE CANDIDATES REPORT
Make hiring decisions with ease. Compare multiple candidates for a single position.
PERFORMANCE MODEL REPORT
Understand the range of scores and behaviors for the position you’re trying to fill. Learn about the ideal candidate for that role.
TEAM REPORT
See how a potential candidate fits an existing team, or address your current team’s dynamics and strengths.
MANAGER-EMPLOYEE REPORT
Help managers discover how they can work more effectively with their employees.
INDIVIDUAL’S FEEDBACK REPORT
Candidates can learn about themselves from PXT Select too! This narrative report doesn’t reveal scores, and is perfectly safe to share with applicants and current employees.
INDIVIDUAL’S GRAPH
Are you more of a visual person? The graph illustrates a candidate’s results that you can view at a glance.
COACHING REPORT
Wish you had coaching advice tailored to each employee? This report gives you exactly that and more!
Making use of all of these reports will help you as a manager. Here’s how:
- Get a clear picture of candidate’s thinking style, behaviors, and interests, giving you a meaningful edge in making the right hiring decision. Say goodbye to “I had a great conversation with them” and rely on hard data.
- Start the selection process on the right foot. Explore an expanding library of job functions to which you can compare candidates.
- Interview with confidence! Ask tailored questions and keep an open ear for “what to listen for” based on a candidate’s assessment results.
- Identify ways to enhance performance and maximize an individual’s contribution to your organization. The PXT Select gives you the exact information you need to improve your organization and engage your employees.
- Match people with positions in which they’ll perform well and enjoy what they do. Engaged employees love what they do. A perfect job fit is a win for everyone.
- Reduce turnover and boost employee engagement, which results in happier employees!
These benefits may sound like an overstatement, but our clients tell us differently. Want to learn more? Contact the CrossGroup at mark.cook@crossgroupinc.com for a sample report or complimentary assessment.
