The ASSESS Expert System provides immediate, on-site testing, evaluation and reporting. Using profile level interpretation, reports are written in a concise, straightforward manner and provide a detailed description of:

• Intellectual Abilities
• Thinking Style
• Work Approach and Motivation
• Interpersonal Style
• Approach to Influencing or Supervising Others

• Interview and Reference Probes
• Management Suggestions
• Developmental Suggestions
• Job Search and Job Fit Suggestions

Intellectual Ability Testing
The standard ASSESS system is designed to accept as many as seven well-known intellectual ability tests and incorporate these results into the reports. However, the system is flexible enough to allow the use of other tests outside the standard set. Standard tests include:

• Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (short form)
• Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices (BHA revised short form)
• Thurstone Test of Mental Alertness
• RBH Arithmetic Reasoning Test
• Employee Aptitude Surveys

ASSESS produces reports that are designed to assist in a variety of Human Resources decisions, such as selection, promotion, development and career management.

Making good employment decisions about external candidates can be very difficult for employers. ASSESS is designed to help objectify this process for professional and managerial candidates.

The test battery measures intellectual abilities and work-related personality characteristics. ASSESS reports evaluate test results to give the employer an integrated and comprehensive evaluation of the candidate in areas such as intellectual ability, thinking style, work approach, motivations and interpersonal style.

Report content also includes a quick summary of potential strengths and weaknesses, interview suggestions for follow-up, management suggestions and template comparisons to an array of job- level and job-type norm groups.

Although observed job performance should be the primary consideration when making a promotion decision, some promotions involve significant changes in job responsibility. For example, the promotion of an individual from independent contributor to supervisor or manager in a new job, requires the demonstration of new skills and abilities, such as teambuilding as well as coaching and development of others, not observable in the old job. ASSESS can help by providing objective indicators of potential strengths and weaknesses in the new position.

Report content includes a comprehensive evaluation of the candidate in areas such as intellectual ability, thinking style, work approach, motivations and interpersonal style.

Report content also includes a quick summary of potential strengths and weaknesses, interview suggestions for follow-up, management suggestions and template comparisons to an array of job- level and job-type norm groups.

People want and need specific, objective feedback regarding their strengths and development needs; however, giving this type of feedback may be beyond the ability or resources of many managers. ASSESS Developmental Reports can assist in the delivery of this type of constructive feedback in one-on-one coaching situations or as a part of a programmatic workshop offering.

Reports are written for the participant in a constructive tone. Content includes a comprehensive description of the individual's intellectual abilities and thinking style, work approach, motivations and interpersonal style.

In addition to highlighting potential strengths and developmental needs and providing personalized developmental suggestions, ASSESS Developmental Reports and supporting materials provide a structured approach to formulating a personal developmental action plan complete with developmental resources, timetables and performance improvement indicators.

ASSESS can aid people who are contemplating a career or job change. Based on the information provided in their ASSESS Career Manager Reports, individuals can focus their search on jobs or careers that will be a better "fit" with their personality, and ultimately for the organization.

Reports include a comprehensive description of the individual's intellectual abilities and thinking style, work approach, motivations and interpersonal style. Job fit suggestions, in combination with supporting exercise guides, help the participant to evaluate his or her personality "fit" with various job or career choices. Job search suggestions are specifically targeted at helping the participant to constructively manage aspects of his or her personality during a job search.