Summary of the HR Chat of October 28th with Nathalie Geschwind
29 October 2009
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« Manage your career thanks to e-testing »
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Below is the transcript of the chat:
Hello everyone and welcome to this chat dedicated to e-testing. I will be happy to answer your questions and concerns regarding the different skills or personality tests.
User 1: First of all, thank you for choosing this topic and without further ado, I would like to ask my question. What is e-testing? What does it involve and what is its impact on the professional personality development of each of us?
Nathalie Geschwind: Hello,
e-testing refers to online tests that are increasingly used by recruiters during the recruitment process. Personality tests or skills tests are indeed increasingly used because they provide important information about the candidate's profile that one meets during recruitment interviews. They are therefore part of the tools for the recruiter to optimize the recruitment process.
Tests are therefore used by recruiters but not only: candidates also have access to a number of tests on the internet. This allows, as one's career progresses, to validate certain professional choices.
User 2: Hello everyone,
To start the discussion on the subject, the first question that arises at this level is: How does one manage a career thanks to e-testing?
Thank you in advance for your answer
N.G.: Hello,
Today, professional careers are far from linear. It is rare to join a company and stay there until retirement. The career paths are now punctuated by evolution and sometimes radical changes. It is necessary to be able to reorient oneself either because the economic context forces us to, or because we have demands, professional ambitions. The information provided by the tests allows us to take stock of our acquired skills, our skills to be developed and therefore to make objective professional choices.
User 3: Hello,
First of all, I want to thank you for this good initiative, I also want to know what e-testing can bring me in my job search process,
Thank you,
N.G. : Hello,
The tests provide us with information, in particular on the functions that suit us best, the traits of our personality. Knowing yourself, knowing how to highlight your qualities and skills is an excellent way to prepare for a recruitment interview. You will be much more comfortable "selling" yourself to the recruiter.
User 4: Hello everyone!
Do you think that e-testing is really an essential tool for the recruiter?
N.G.: Hello,
Without being an essential element, it is a very good complement of information. The test results confirm or deny the recruiter's impressions of the candidate. They increase the chances of successful recruitment.
User 5: Hello, I saw a banner on Rekrute.com on this subject, I would like to know what different tests you offer and do they have real added value?
N.G.:Hello,
For more than a year, we have initiated a partnership with Central Test, a leader in e-testing in Europe. Centraltest offers several types of tests: The so-called "Orientation" tests take into account the person's motivations, interests and potential to carry out their skills and orientation assessment. This type of test allows you to make the right choices and define professional projects. The "Personality" tests, designed and validated by psychologists, allow the user to get to know themselves better, to discover all the facets of their personality in order to flourish in their professional and private life. The "Recruitment" tests help to carry out a professional assessment and to prepare for job interviews. They offer the user the possibility of having a detailed analysis of their strengths and weaknesses, with the jobs that best suit them.
User 6: I really want to thank you for your answers and the availability of rekrute.com to provide us with real professionals in the job market.
Can we introduce ourselves during an interview with our tests to support our application?
N.G.: Hello,
Some candidates sometimes present themselves with the test results. These may be read by the recruiter, but this will not necessarily impact their decision-making.
User 7: Hello Ms. Geschwind,
Thank you for answering our questions about e-testing in Morocco,
Below is my question:
To what extent can we trust the results of these tests? Are they adapted to Morocco?
N.G.: Hello,
The tests are structured and validated in such a way as to erase all socio-cultural differences (validity coefficients, factorial analysis, calibration, etc.). They are therefore adapted to all types of populations.
User 8: Hello Madam;
I understand the usefulness of a test but where can I take one?
I have a degree in accounting and management which I held for 2 years, currently I am a billing clerk at Lesieur cristal; a position I have held for 3 years and it is a position without any evolution.
However, I have gained experience in commercial supervision and sales administration and I want to change horizons; is it possible when I am 33 years old?
How can e-testing help me?
Sincerely
N.G.: Hello Tarik,
e-testing could allow you to take stock of the skills you have acquired during your career and would help you to define your professional desires more precisely. 33 years old! Of course you can still change horizons!
User 9: Hello Madam,
As a Master's 1 student, I will soon have my degree in Management. And it will be time to find a job that matches my skills. That's why I would like to know the degree of confidence that recruiters place in personality tests.
Sincerely,
Abdallah ELANNAGUE
N.G.:Good evening Sir,
Recruiters who use the tests trust them, but it should be noted that they do not rely solely on the test results to recruit. The CV, the candidate's motivation, the interview remain the most important elements of the recruitment process.
User 10: Hello,
I have already used this method three times in different contexts and I think that certain subjective characteristics are not taken into account and especially the result of the tests is biased if the test is not put into action with the profile hot and after a cold evaluation.
Thank you
N.G.: Good evening Aziz,
I believe that it is indeed good to have the possibility of discussing the test results with the recruiter. Sometimes we do not agree with certain elements. This gives the opportunity to argue, for example, based on a work experience that invalidates a personality trait highlighted by a test.
N.G.: Thank you for your participation in this exchange and I hope I have answered your main questions regarding e-testing.
A summary of this HR Chat will be sent to you tomorrow. You can also find it on our blog, our website and in the next edition of the Newsletter.
I sincerely hope that we will have the opportunity to see you again on our pages for our next meeting.
