Ability Screening & Testing

The benefits of ability assessments and tests

The benefits of using ability assessments and tests as part of your recruitment and selection process are:

• Reducing recruitment costs. Ability tests identify unsuitable candidates early on in the recruitment process ensuring only the highest calibre candidates make it through to the interview stage
• Getting the right person for the job. Ability screening and testing ensures that the candidates you hire have all the competencies you’ve identified as being essential for the job
• Making recruitment fairer. Providing a means of objective assessment ensures that every candidate is considered on the same basis
• Recognising potential. Ability testing looks further than skills that have already been required and identifies future potential
• Supporting Managers. By becoming familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of new recruits Line Managers can manage and develop staff more effectively.

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Types of ability tests

SHL has an extensive portfolio of ability tests to help you measure ability across all departments and in all levels of your organisation. The types of ability tests offered by SHL include measures for verbal, numerical and inductive reasoning, manual dexterity, numerical computation, visual estimation, mechanical comprehension, technical understanding, fault diagnosis and spatial recognition.

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You can read more about some individual SHL ability screening and testing products on this site including:

Verify - reducing the risks of online remote testing

Applied Technology Series

Brainstorm

Fastrack

Advanced Managerial Tests

Information Technology Test

Personnel Test Battery

Scenarios

Technical Test Battery

We realise that is quite a long list and only a sample of our ability screening and testing products so please don't hesitate to contact us if you would like talk through your organisation's specific requirements and how we can help.

Method of delivery

Many of SHL’s ability tests are available in both online and pencil and paper formats to enable you to select the most appropriate way of assessing individuals. You can take a look at the individual product pages to find out the assessment methods available for a particular product.

SHL online assessments are ideal for assessments on a large scale or across multiple locations. Administration time is kept to a minimum and significant cost savings can be made. SHL’s online ability tests are available in the following formats:

• SHL Bureau – The Bureau Service from SHL offers the speed and convenience of assessment scoring, reporting or outsourcing the whole assessment process.
• PC based systems – These systems can administer, score and interpret results from a range of SHL tests and questionnaires. Questions are displayed on screen and responses are automatically scored by the system, which can then produce candidate profiles and reports.
• Integrated systems – Globally, SHL partners with many recruitment, applicant tracking, talent management systems and Recruitment Process Outsourcers (RPOs). SHL online assessments can be seamlessly connected to their hosted technology and software solutions.

SHL also has an extensive list of pencil and paper ability tests available which can help you measure ability across all departments and in all levels of your organisation.

Pencil and paper can be a very practical method for groups, for example assessment centres where a bank or suite PC’s is not available. They can also be useful in markets where candidates and employees do not have access to the internet or a PC.