How to Use Assessments for Talent Identification

What will I learn in this course?

Despite plenty of scientific evidence that shows that psychometric assessments are a better predictor of performance than most other talent assessment methods, there is still a lot of confusion, myths and misconceptions around the use of talent assessments to effectively identify and select talent. In this course, globally renowned psychologist, author, and entrepreneur, Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic will walk you through everything you need to know about when and how to use assessments for talent identification.

In this course, we will answer the following questions:

• What are assessments and how do they work?
• What makes a good assessment?
• What are the major types of assessment?
• Can people fake an assessment?
• Are assessments biased?
• How has technology reshaped the assessment landscape?
• What questions should you ask when evaluating the new game-based and AI-based assessment tools?

The objective of this course is to provide you with a solid foundation of what assessments are, when they should be used and to be able to understand the difference between traditional assessments and the new digital assessment tool . On completing this e-learning module you will become much more fluent in understanding how assessments work and how you can use assessments to identify high-performing talent in your own organisation.