An assessment can only be useful if it is carefully designed around the requirements of the job. Here subject matter experts should identify the critical skills and knowledge required for the position (job specific competencies).

It is also critical to identify the generic acquired competencies for the job. These can also be identified by subject matter experts in conjunction with HR professionals by critically applying your minds to what the job requires. A much easier process would be to make use of our online job profiling tool.

Similarly, you should be clear as to the Capabilities required by the job. This is normally difficult for non – psychologists to do in a meaningful way. We employ our experience and professional expertise to make a judgement about the cognitive capabilities required by a position. However, we provide our clients with a job profiling tool that enables them to identify the critical personality and emotional capabilities required by a position.

Only once you have a job profile that accurately identifies the Acquired Competencies and Inherent Capabilities required by the job, are you ready to assess the candidate.

If you did not view our Job Profiling Tool in the previous module then here are samples: