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Six Things You Should Know About Pre-Employment Tests

Executive candidates often are surprised when asked to take a test or other assessment for a job. They shouldn’t be.

Pre-employment testing is on the rise. In the past five years, 60% of companies have increased their use of workplace-behavior assessments, according to a survey of more than 500 human-resources professionals at U.S. companies from Spherion Corp., a staffing firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Employers typically use assessments to confirm a candidate’s cultural fit or skill competency, according to Doug Wolf, vice president of consulting services at Select International Inc., a Pittsburgh-based provider of career-assessment tools. Bear in mind that for questions about your work style or personality, he says, there are no right or wrong responses. "If you answer honestly and don’t get the job, it means the position wasn’t a good match for you in the first place," he says.

By Sarah E. Needleman

Full Story: http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/20060801-needleman.html?cjcontent=mail

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