Our assessment centres are developed in line with the particular features of each project, for which we choose the most suitable set of methods from a comprehensive range of standardized instruments that we have been licensed to use.

Focusing on matching job requirements against the applicant profile, Competence Profile accurately measures key dimensions for the success of any manager, and allows us to draw up customized reports, depending on the needs of each customer.

Competence Profile is one of the best psychometric tools for the assessment of managerial personnel or personnel in key positions, and is intended both for employers in the selection process, and for candidates who seek self-knowledge and professional development. Available in Romania through Tandem Consulting, the only company in the country certified by its authors, the Competence Profile test is part of a comprehensive range of organizational instruments designed by Garuda Research Institute, Denmark.

The test is available in Romanian, English and Italian, in pencil-on-paper or on-line format.

The Competence Profile covers 16 personality features—key elements to successful leadership, and is a very powerful instrument in recruiting and selecting applicants for top positions in organizations. Designed particularly for holders or seekers of leadership posts, managers, consultants or experts, the test allows for the clear and detailed identification of candidates’ personal competences, as against the requirements defined by the organization.

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RESULTS

The test helps you answer a few vital questions:

• How motivated is the assessed individual?
• What gives him/her job satisfaction?
• How does he/she communicate?
• How is he/she integrated in the organizational environment?
• What is his/her attitude to rules and values?
• How does he/she react to changes?

BENEFITS

The information included in the assessment report offers to beneficiaries a basis for decision-making, depending on their type and needs:

• Employers may select the suitable applicant, may refine the selection or change the structure/features of the job so as to ensure higher performance levels working on applicants’ specific competences.
• The assessed individual obtains a structured image of his/her competences, which he/she may contrast to his/own self-perception (through the self-assessment module in the test) and which he/she may decide to improve, either by means of the feedback given by the consultant, or in an individual consulting and coaching program.

ADVANTAGES

The Competence Profile outperforms traditional psychological methods in 5 respects:

1. it links the personality assessment with the job analysis;

2. it measures concrete behavioral aspects;

3. it provides a transparent forum for discussions;

4. it allows the assessed and appraiser(s) to interact;

5. it is a modern and user-friendly method.

The Competence Profile approaches the personality analysis in a manner that goes beyond mere psychology, and stands apart from traditional approaches in that it focuses on measurable behavioral aspects. The test enables both the assessed individuals and the appraisers to fully understand the criteria and behaviors on which the final report is based. Furthermore, the test allows a parallel of the resulting profile with the self-perception of the assessed individual (through the self-assessment module), and with the ideal profile of the job as defined by the organization or the Garuda international database.

The transparent and interactive nature of this instrument substantially enhances its practical value.

THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

The Competence Profile test is based on a theoretical model which is easy to understand: HEAD-HEART-FEET
(cognitive level/ emotional level/ energy level), which looks at an individual’s approach of problems, relations with others and style of working to achieve results.

APPLICATION

The standardized competence assessment test consists in a series of questions, grouped into 80 categories, each with 4 answer options presented in a multiple-choice format. Our experience in applying this test in Romania indicates that the application time may range between 35 and 60 minutes.
The analysis enables appraisers to contrast the personal profile with the ideal profile, and allows for statistical calculations and parallels between candidates, reports on validity and accuracy, analysis of logical/illogical contradictions.
One of the advantages of Competence Profile is that it enables the employing organization to identify its own ideal profile for each particular job.

This profile may be obtained through prior testing of the best performing employees in the organization and contrasting the results with the findings from testing less efficient employees. At the end of the process, the organization receives a customized benchmark.
Where a customized benchmark is not available, the impressive Garuda database, which includes over 20,000 profiles, ensures a useful statistical point of reference. The database provides comparative information for various professional and demographic categories.

SERVICES AVAILABLE

The Competence Profile may be offered in various packages, depending on beneficiaries’ specific needs:
A. standard individual report
B. report with cross-cutting interpretation of results
C. report with cross-cutting interpretation and statistical parallels
D. individual report accompanied by the consultant’s written comments
E. comparative report with the ideal job profile
F. complete individual report + on-site feedback/consulting
G. complete report + coaching provided by certified consultant.

Other standardized assessment instruments that we are certified to use:

·         Matricile Progresive Raven Standard Plus

·         CPI (California Psychological Inventory)

·         Survey of Work Styles