Importance of Psychometric Testing

Psychometric test is most important and influential field of testing that helps students in a very supportive way to make decisions or choices for the most difficult area of their life i.e. career path selection. It also helps those individuals who are currently doing job but they seemed unhappy for their job or they lack motivation that is essential to excel in their field. Thus this testing helps them to easily switch over without any hustle or hesitation. Moreover this testing also helps those employees who have completed their education and are entering into the field of market and are searching for employment. Given below are the most important characteristics of testing that help, students, professional as well as laymen to move confidently and successfully in their profession.

• Psychometric testing helps all the students who are thinking to choosing some right profession for themselves. These tests help them to assess their attitude, skills, abilities, talent, capabilities, resilience and other social and development skills that will help them to choose field according to own will and choice so that they keep themselves motivated and keep their morale high.

• Similarly when some laymen go in professional life or choose some field for themselves this testing helps them to choose those profession in whom they love to spend their time and also helps them to avoid those job that are source of tension and frustration. Therefore this testing helps them to do a healthy and wise decision.

• Psychometric testing not only help students but it also helps counselors and psychologists to find out which personality is more demanding for a particular job and to find out potential candidate that is required for the job.

• Moreover this testing also helps counselors to find out what are the abilities or characteristics of an individual that are required for this job. Thus it helps in both ways. Firstly it helps to find out what characteristics or abilities of an individual are important to do this job and secondly it helps to find out the individual who has those abilities and characteristics

• Testing also helps individuals to find out what are the positive or negative aspects of their personality. They help them to find out their strengths, weaknesses, de-motivating factors of their personality, things that satisfy their professional needs, their level of understanding to the given tasks etc. thus it helps them to go easier in their filed with composed and poised personality and to work with full dedication and enthusiasm.

• Another important fact about this testing is that it helps to predict if the employee serving in any organization is fit for the job or not. If he is having some social or behavioral issues then how one can deal with them or how he can handle these issues in most effective and useful manner. Thus testing helps to identify problems as well as finding solutions for them too.

• Another most important use of this type of testing is that it helps organization to do job rotation of employee’s i.e. to move employee from one position to another to rule out his abilities and capabilities.

Therefore these tests are more usable due to its reliability and validity which enhances the efficiency of an organization as well as and leads to better HR practices. The main important thing is that this testing gives a complete information about an individual thus no fake work or guess work can be done in HR processes. These processes involves hiring of an individual, recruitment and selection of an employee, team building processes, training and development, career counseling and progression of an individual in particular field. In large organizations these testing procedures gives a very smooth functioning as these are easy to rely upon and are with proper procedure to administer and implement for the required purpose. These tests can provide better environment and unity among employee because once these tests are used to find out weak areas more work can be easily done to bridge the gaps and to create harmony among organizational members. This is one of the biggest reason that creates strong relationship and sense of bonding among employee and they compete with each other in positive direction with positive attitude.

Moreover as per needs of the organization these tests are customized for example if an organization have flexible environment these tests are utilized as per organizational demand. If an organization wants to conduction this test on systems then these tests can be administer online. However if there are organizations who do not have enough resources to conduct these tests online then may administer them through pen-paper method. Thus it gives wide number of choices to organizations. These tests also contains facility for individuals to provide feedback related to testing services, their procedures, facilities and roles. Thus it can be applied to all types of organizational environment.Testing is low in cost and gives long term advantage to the organization by enhancing and activating the organizational benefits and profit. It helps in reducing the expenditure of organization by catering large number of population. Testing delivers unbiased screening of a potential member. This outstanding valuation progress of gauging characteristics comprising knowledge, critical reasoning, and enthusiasm and personality profile provides objective data about suitability of a candidate.

In today’s competitive environment where organizations are highly dependent on high performing employees, these tests have unusual assistance of bringing competence in making correct HR decisions.It is pertinent to note that these tests are organized by certified psychologists who manage the complete testing process and provide expert advice to the management during selection process as to whether the candidate is suitable for that specific job.Therefore, in light of above discussion we can conclude that psychometric test provides customized solutions in a dynamic situation not only in selection and recruitment process but also in career progression, training and development and growth process, building workplace relationship in organizational setting.