The hiring and assessment tools we use, after having tested and evaluated most of the major systems on the market (as well as a number of minor ones!) the Kolbe RightFit program, offered by Kolbe Corp. (www.kolbe.com).
Kolbe’s system makes identifying the right person for the job, and assigning the right task to the right person, far easier and far less expensive than the “gut instinct” method followed by most entrepreneurs and hiring managers. Kolbe’s tools allow organizations of all sizes to evaluate candidates not merely on their (stated) past experience, but on what ends up mattering far more in the day-to-day reality of the workplace: the natural instincts of each candidate and team member.
I realize that many people reading this will have done their own research on this important question of employee and applicant assessment and will have come to their own conclusions about what works and what doesn’t in the field of “personality type” identification. What is important to understand is that Kolbe’s system works far better than the “personality type” programs because it does not rely on “personality types.” It identifies four major ways of prioritizing people, activities and relationships based on the best current research on human brain function.
METHODS OF OPERATION
Instead of asking you to guess how well a current prospective employee will perform based on some arcane “personality type” that you must pull from a long list of such types, Kolbe helps you identify the methods of operation that the team member or candidate in question actually uses right now in whatever he or she is striving to attain, solve, or create. All you have to do is become familiar with the four basic modes that relate, not to “personality” (whatever that is) but to these four scientifically verifiable human brain processes. Kolbe’s statistically proven tools identify the individual’s level of proficiency in each of the four areas and assigns a numerical value to each mode for that individual. This is a dramatically simpler, more accurate, and more effective approach than the complex, cumbersome systems offered by most “personality type” assessments.
The system creates a practical, realistic summary of strengths and potential challenge areas for each and every individual in the organization. Any individual’s Kolbe result is so personalized that only 5% of the general population is likely to have one just like it.
Our own experience with the Kolbe system has been that it has dramatically enhanced retention, workplace efficiency, and job satisfaction. And our company is not alone. According to Kolbe, one national financial services company using the system estimates saving more than $10 million between interviewing, retraining and downtime. Another employer reports 0% of the employees hired using RightFit left for job-related reasons. Yes, you read that right: zero percent.
I was fortunate enough to interview Kathy Kolbe, founder of Kolbe Corp. and the creator of RightFit system. In future blogs, I will share her overview of the astonishingly accurate assessment system she has developed.
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