WHAT IS STAR™ PERSONALITY?
In recent years, measurement of work-related personality characteristics has become an increasingly important function of human resources and other organization units tasked with the responsibility for employee selection. The domain of personnel assessment has expanded from an emphasis on job-related knowledge, skill, and abilities (KSA’s) to include KSAO’s where “O” refers to other personal characteristics, especially personality traits. STAR™ Personality is a repository of work related personality assessments aimed at measuring employee traits objectively and relate them to significant aspects of employee behavior and performance.
HOW DOES STAR™ PERSONALITY WORK?
STAR™ Personality is a practical and validated repository of assessments that measure personality, managerial and sales dimensions in employees and correlate them to typical day-to-day performance - how well they get along with others, how much effort they put into their work, how responsible they are, etc. A mix of managerial, sales and cognitive dimensions together with general personality traits makes STAR™ Personality an effective work-related personality assessment tool.
STAR™ Personality measures many different work-related facets of personality; it also assesses what is termed as “Big Five” personality traits. Yet STAR™ Personality differs from many of the widely used personality instruments. Our approach is consistent with research that demonstrates the work-related validity of personality measures.
WHY USE STAR™ PERSONALITY?
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Applicable to a wide area of HR processes at various stages in the employee lifecycle; STAR™ Personality is applicable in:
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Recruitment, including training recruiters in personality appraisal
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Professional and Personal development
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Individual counseling and employee assistance interventions
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Succession and Career planning Training needs assessment
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Conflict resolution
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Objectively and accurately identifying strengths and weaknesses of both applicants and incumbents
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Leveraging the diagnostic information to make informed hiring and selection decisions
WHAT MAKES STAR™ PERSONALITY UNIQUE?
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The use of bi-polar items (two statements in one item) reduces faking and ensures that the best answer is not evident
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Tone of language in questions simulates workplace scenarios and increases the job-relatedness of measures ensuring better user acceptance.
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Customizable inventory of questions to adapt to different business needs and industries.
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A 5-point response scale gives the applicant more response choice and freedom to choose “in-between” responses.
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An extensive “feedback report” highlighting the candidates traits, areas of concerns and suggestive probing questions for the interview phase.
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Our experience and proficiency in assessments for the last 30 years in test development. Capability to design new scales that measure personality traits specifically work scenarios.