Personality profiling, Commonly referred to as psychometric testing or psychological profiling, helps us understand a person's psychological profile in a given scenario.
It's not going to reveal things about how clever they are|It will not be a measure of cleverness or ability.
It will reveal things about their preferred behaviour|However you may discover things about how they interact with the world.
Here we will talk about some things about personality and perhapshow to make use of it in the office.
Profiling at work
You can use personality profiling in a range of applications in your organisation. For more than 55 years it has been commonly used in;
Hiring new staff
Staff Appraisals
Development
Team Building
Profiling in Recruitment
Hiring? Then you may want to know that there are a few personality types that will thrive in the role you have and there are some that will struggle. This is regardless of their qualifications or experience. Each person's personality type will determine how well they cope with the specific work environment you you have to offer.
Ideally you want to hire “Naturals” over “Forced Fits”.
A “Natural” will find your work environment compatible with their personality profile. This is because they work to their strengths. “Naturals” will stick the job longer and perform better.
“Forced Fits” will always struggle with your work environment. They have to invest a lot of energy just to cope with your environment. So People Maps invented SPB. With this tool you can identify which candidates will do best in your job role.
How To Do this
Lots of people ask the question, how do you profile other people. The hard way to do it is to try and do it manually.You need a system, which is a combination of some questions and some code, that produces a result.
However the practical way to profile people is to use one of the established systems. This is not something you can reliably build yourself. People Maps invested a fortune and many many years to develop its profiler. Cheap systems are not going to work reliably enough.
Are you looking for FBI profiling? Then that's a very different subject and it's not what this piece is about.
Tools for Profiling
With so many systems to choose from. You should be ensuring you order the best one for your organisation. Make sure it has some longevity. Make sure it has been tried and tested for years.
Will it do what you need it to do?. Personality reports come in a myriad of formats, so make sure you get one that suits your need. Is it an internet system?|Double check it has been designed to work over the internet|In this day and age your profiler has to work online.
Like most things in life, some are better than others. Check the questionnaire is quick as well as accurate. What psychology is used?.
