Candidate Assessments | Accent' Hiring Group https://accenthiringgroup.com Arizona Staffing Agency Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:42:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.14 Measuring Potential: Approaches that Work https://accenthiringgroup.com/2017/04/26/measuring-potential-approaches-scottsdale-az-employment-agencies/ https://accenthiringgroup.com/2017/04/26/measuring-potential-approaches-scottsdale-az-employment-agencies/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 13:13:17 +0000 http://www.accenthiringgroup.com/?p=1385 When you sit down with a prospective candidate to assess their fitness for the job, you have a few useful tools at your immediate disposal. For example, you can simply explain the nature of the job to the candidate and ask how well your description aligns with her career goals. If you need very specific technical skills, you can ask the candidate to describe his or her experience in these areas. Most candidates won

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What characteristics should employers look for in personality assessments to help determine whether or not a candidate is a good match for their work environment?

Ability to Play/Work Well with Others

This is a huge issue in today’s offices. It’s not simply the fear factor of dealing with disgruntled former employees that you’d like to avoid. It’s the fact that someone who doesn’t work well with others is likely to disrupt the flow of the office environment. A productive office is one in which there is little discord and the vast majority of people work well together.

The characteristics you want to find in these personality assessments include: team player, warm, outgoing, sociable and concerned for others. The traits you may want to be leery of include things like independent, reserved, and loner.

Stress Management

There are few businesses today where stress doesn’t come into the picture once in a while. For some companies, every day is a high stress day

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