Pre-Employment
Behavioral Traits Tests

Why Testing for Behavioral Traits is Important in the Workplace

One key part of understanding a potential employee's comfort level in a certain role is understanding their behavior. Certain behavioral traits are correlated with a greater chance of success in some jobs over others. Employers can more easily identify applicants with the potential to be comfortable and productive in a particular role when they have insight into their candidates' personalities. Many companies use pre-employment personality tests to measure behavioral traits that are correlated with job success, leading to a wide range of tangible benefits, including higher productivity, lower turnover, and increased sales revenue.

Behavioral traits can also speak to how likely it is for an employee to engage in counterproductive work behaviors such as tardiness, theft, fraud, absenteeism, and rule-breaking behavior. Employers can assess the work habits and integrity of their candidates by assessing traits likes conscientiousness and perseverance. For these reasons, personality assessments are helpful for both predicting performance and screening out potential bad hires.

The Employee Personality Profile (EPP) is one personality test that measures 12 different behavioral traits, providing valuable insight into a person's work styles and their comfort in a role. Based on the Big Five model of personality, the EPP can be administered for any job and takes about 10 minutes to complete. The EPP also includes position-specific benchmarks for evaluating personality profiles specific to a variety of different positions.

The Workplace Productivity Profile (WPP) is a behavioral risk assessment that also evaluates the personality of a candidate. The test is used to help predict whether an individual will be a productive, reliable employee. The WPP is most commonly administered for entry to mid-level positions where there is an increased risk of engaging in counterproductive work behaviors, or for roles that require employees to closely follow safety procedures.

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