Selection & Development Assessment

Selecting the right people for your organisation is vital, as is the continual development of your employees.

At Vitae we provide specialist consultancy support in selection and development assessment:

- Behavioural interviews
- Ability testing
- Personality assessment
- Assessment centres
- Development centres

Ability Tests
Ability tests are designed to assess abilities necessary to perform in a particular job and include, numerical, verbal, spatial and abstract reasoning.

At Vitae we use ability tests from some of the most prominent test publishers – Saville & Holdsworth (SHL), Oxford Psychologists Press (OPP) and ASE, in addition to other providers.

We can advise companies on the most suitable tests for their organisation based on the competencies to be assessed.

Personality Assessment
We use some of the most well respected personality assessment tools currently developed. These include;
·Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
·Cattell’s 16PF
·Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ)
·California Personality Inventory (CPI)

From a management perspective personality assessments can give you an insight into what motivates an individual, how they relate to others, how they think and how they manage their emotions. All vital information in any selection and development decision.

Selection Assessment Centres
Selection assessment centres provide a comprehensive and high validity approach to assessing a candidate’s suitability for a job. They consist of a series of exercises designed to evaluate the behaviour of individuals in a variety of situations. The exercises give an organisation the opportunity to observe an individual’s behaviour in a simulated or ‘real life’ business situation.

Development Centres
Development centres are similar to selection centres in their structure and format but the focus of the outcome is on development. Individual feedback to each participant of the development centre is facilitated by our consultants and includes the design of a personal development action plan.