SELECTING YOUR PRE-EMPLOYMENT TEST PROVIDER:
6 QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU CHOOSE
Your pre-employment test provider can help – or harm –
> your career
> your organization
So, you need to select wisely.
To help you select wisely, you will find it helpful to answer the following questions.
1. You would feel most confident getting pre-employment tests from
[pick 1 answer]:
a. Creator of the tests – Ph.D. who developed the tests you will use
b. Sales rep or “account manager” – who tries to sell you tests.
c. Vendor of tests – who bought rights to “re-sell” someone else’s tests
d. Consultant – who sells many things, including tests, to try to make money
2. You would feel more confident if your pre-employment test provider is
[pick 1 answer]:
a. Book Author – of 5 books – including “Hire the Best – & Avoid the Rest™”
b. Someone who maybe read some stuff about hiring or testing
c. Person who has little or no real credentials as testing expert
3. Fact: You will need to call your pre-employment test provider many times to get advice.
You can expect the best service and help available if you talk directly to
[pick 1 answer]:
a. The Ph.D. business psychologist – who actually created the tests
b. Customer service rep who – maybe – got brief training on what you bought
c. Salesperson or distributor or re-seller who does not know tests’ fine points
d. Consultant – who sells many services, and sells tests only as one money-maker
4. You want to make bottom line – $ improvements – from your pre-employment test use.
So, you may want test provider to help you hire winners plus measure bottom line
impact. You will trust getting such help from
[pick 1 answer]:
a. Author of book Turning Your HR Dept. into a Profit Center™ (15th printing)
[same author also wrote book Hire the Best – & Avoid the Rest™ (13th printing)]
b. Vendor of tests who knows nothing of cost-benefit analysis – & can barely spell ROI
c. Consultant who tells you (1) “I can’t help you” or (2) “I don’t know.”
5. Peace-of-Mind – confidence you will do the right thing – is important to you and your company.
Your strongest Peace-of-Mind will occur if your test provider is
[pick 1 answer]:
a. Creator of the tests – Ph.D. who developed the tests you will use
b. Sales rep or “account manager” – who tries to sell you tests.
c. Vendor of tests – who bought rights to “re-sell” someone else’s tests
d. Consultant – who sells many things, including tests, to try to make money
6. Each time you hire, you are “betting” – (a) betting your job and (b) betting your company.
Your safest bet is when your pre-employment test provider is
[pick 1 answer]:
a. Creator of the tests – Ph.D. who developed the tests you will use
b. Sales rep or “account manager” – who tries to sell you tests.
c. Vendor of tests – who bought rights to “re-sell” someone else’s tests
d. Consultant – who sells many things, including tests, to try to make money
YOUR 6 ANSWERS TELL YOU HOW TO SELECT YOUR BEST PRE-EMPLOYMENT TEST PROVIDER
If you chose answer
> “a” – that shows you will decide to use Forecaster™ Tests from Mercer Systems, Inc.
> “b” or “c” or “d” – that shows you do not value top quality, service, & expertise
[Question = How lucky do you feel?]
Call 847-382-0690 and Speak with Dr. Michael Mercer about
your Pre-Employment Testing questions & needs.
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