Job Match Patterns are effective for informing selection and talent management efforts because they compare the qualities of candidates to the attributes required for performance in the roles. The job match patterns present graphic pictures of candidates’ matching or falling outside of required ranges.

A study published in the Harvard Business Review concluded that Job Match more accurately predicts job success than any of the commonly accepted factors, such as education, experience, or job training.

Job Fit is key. Matching people so they fit the work they do builds productivity and job-satisfaction and diminishes negative factors such as stress, tension, conflict and costly employee turnover.

The Profile XT™ has been validated in accordance with American Psychological Association standards. The Profile XT™ is validated to be age-blind, gender-blind, and ethnicity-blind. It measures only those factors relevant to selecting the best people to fit the requirements of specific jobs. Moreover, the Profiles XT gives a distortion scale – a numerical rating of the accuracy and/or candour of the candidate’s responses when taking the assessment.

The ProfileXT measures individual talent potential and predicts job performance. Using the ProfileXT as a key part of organisational talent management strategy helps discover employee skill sets both before and during employment. Placing the right people in the right positions cultivates talent within an organization. The Profile XT employee assessments produce these informative reports:

▪ Individual Report – An Individual Report is targeted at the assessee and aims at self-improvement. The employer may opt to share the Individual Report with the assessee to aid in their self-awareness and self-management. Without sharing any job match information, the Individual Report describes a person’s attributes and gives insights for personal and professional growth.

▪ Performance Model Comparison – This detailed but user-friendly report can be used for Placement and for Coaching and Development.

For Placement – This report is used to put the right person in the right job. It gives employers assessments of a candidate’s percentage match to the job in terms of thinking style, behavioural traits, and occupational interests.

For Coaching and Development – The report serves as a manager’s guide, offering management and behavioural considerations to be made for each competency being assessed, in order to facilitate performance.

▪ Candidate Matching Report – The Candidate Matching Report is helpful for narrowing your search as you seek to fill a position. At a glance, the report lists the candidates in order of Percentage Job Match, from highest to lowest.

▪ Summary Graph – This is a convenient one-pager that is a useful reference for panel members. The report is a powerful graphical “snapshot” of the

• Overall percentage job match of the candidate to the position.
• The percentage match for each of the Total Person components: Thinking Style (Aptitude), Behavioral Traits (Personality) and Occupational Interests.
• The Candidate’s strengths (matching competencies) and challenge areas (competencies falling outside of ideal ranges for success in the role).

▪ Strategic Workforce Planning Report – This powerful report is used to inform talent management efforts. It is a convenient report that shows how a talent matches with various jobs within the organisation. The best percentage matches are at the top so that the ranking quickly highlights possible career paths.

The Profile XT assessment is conveniently scheduled and administered on the Internet. This means that access to the assessment is 24/7/365. Furthermore, the assessment does not require proctoring or supervision. This allows candidates to take the assessments at their convenience in terms of time and location. The XT is also not timed and candidates can log in and out of the assessment without losing data.

Other administration options like the paper-based assessment and proctoring are available on request.

The results of the XT are available immediately upon completion and can be shared with decision makers anywhere in the world. The various Profile XT reports related to a position can be retrieved at no additional cost.

The Profile XT, when used together with the PMS, is perfect for documenting top performance traits and entrenching them by recruiting for top performance traits and developing staff towards top performance traits. The XT is also helpful for documenting low performance traits and hiring against them and training against them. With the XT, the PMS can be incorporated into future recruitment and training efforts, thus developing a high-performance team.