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Assessment Guide

This guide provides valuable insights into the assessments and reports that can enhance your strategies in recruitment, employee development, manager-employee communication, onboarding, and talent retention. 

Recruitment and selection

The table below references how Thomas assessments can be applied to the area of recruitment and selection. 

Assessment Recommended/Optional Recommended Reports
Behaviour (PPA) Recommended
  • Interviewer's guide
  • Talent selection report
  • Leadership skills report
  • Management strengths report
  • Candidate feedback report
Behaviour Job Profile Recommended
  • Job profile
  • Star ratings
  • Job comparison report
Aptitude (GIA) Recommended
  • GIA report
  • Candidate feedback report
Emotion (TEIQue) Optional - useful in customer service, sales, leadership, people management or 'emotionally-paced' roles
  • Trait Emotional Intelligence report
  • Candidate feedback report
Personality (HPTI) Optional - useful in leadership roles, or for identifying potential at entry level
  • High potential trait indicator report
  • Candidate feedback report

General and leadership development

The table below references how Thomas assessments can be applied to developing people in general, and specifically to developing leaders. General development refers to people’s future career goals and the aspects of their behaviour, personality or ability that may hinder them from reaching these. Leadership development specifically refers to those who have the potential to be, or who are, leaders, and what predict success in these roles.predicts

Assessment Recommended/Optional Recommended Reports
Behaviour (PPA) Recommended - general and leadership
  • PPA profile report
  • Strengths and limitations report
  • Training needs report
  • Talent selection report
  • Leadership skills report
  • Candidate feedback report
Behaviour Job Profile Recommended - general
  • Job profile - to build aspirational profile
  • Job comparison report

Emotion (TEIQue)

Recommended - general and leadership
  • Developmental report
  • Candidate feedback report
Personality (HPTI) Recommended - leadership
  • HPTI Report
  • Candidate feedback report
360º feedback survey Recommended - general and leadership
  • Standard leadership and management competencies available
  • Bespoke competencies, relevant to someone's role, can be created for someone to be rated on by others

Manager-employee communication and high performing teams

The table below outlines assessments that can improve manager-employee communication, and which can identify the strengths and limitations of teams, so they can work better together and be considered high performing.

Assessment Recommended/Optional Recommended Reports
Behaviour (PPA) Recommended 
  • Compatibility report
  • Team audit report
  • How to manage report
  • Strengths and limitations report

Emotion (TEIQue)

Recommended 
  • Developmental report
  • Candidate feedback report
Personality (HPTI) Optional
  • HPTI Report
  • Candidate feedback report
360º feedback survey Recommended 
  • Focus on areas where there are the largest discrepancies between self-reported scores and manager/team scores

Onboarding

When someone is hired, there are steps that can be taken to ensure that they are brought up to speed and settle into the new role as quickly as possible. The below table outlines the assessments and reports that provide information on how to facilitate this and maximise a new joiner’s potential.

Assessment Recommended/Optional Recommended Reports
Behaviour (PPA) Recommended 
  • Onboarding report
  • How to manage report
  • Training needs report
  • Compatibility report
  • Candidate feedback report

Aptitude (GIA)

Recommended
  • GIA report
  • Candidate feedback report

Emotion (TEIQue)

Recommended 
  • Developmental report
  • Candidate feedback report
Personality (HPTI) Recommended
  • HPTI Report
  • Candidate feedback report

Talent retention

The below table outlines the assessments and reports that provide information on how to retain talent.

Assessment Recommended/Optional Recommended Reports
Behaviour (PPA) Recommended 
  • PPA profile report
  • Career guide report
  • Training needs report
  • Talent selection report
  • Candidate feedback report

Emotion (TEIQue)

Recommended 
  • Developmental report
  • Candidate feedback report
Personality (HPTI) Recommended
  • HPTI Report
  • Candidate feedback report