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Aptitude tests aim to measure the direction and power of a personβs intelligence.
Properly devised aptitude tests like those in this book use scientific methods to ensure consistency of results and accurate comparison of one result with another. You can then predict what your competencies are likely to be.
It is becoming routine for organizations to use tests to select externally as well as internally.
Why internally, when you might suppose a personβs abilities and competencies are already well known?
Here are some of the advantages:
Why are Aptitude Tests useful?
Aptitude tests are just like any other tools that can increase efficiency and productivity. There is substantial risk attached to selecting or developing people who turn out to be unsuitable, and the financial costs attached to wrong decisions about employment can be considerable.Testing enables many of the aims of organizations that, ultimately, are to do with getting the best results from their people, for example:
Anything that will decrease costs and increase the probability of success will be taken seriously by an organization. This has led many organizations to investigate numerous methods, but it is only the psychometric test method that has been shown to be consistently accurate.
Start by testing your core intelligence on the webpage set up by the authors of Ultimate Aptitude Tests, Jim Barrett and Tom Barrett. For more information about our Ultimate Careers titles, visit the Ultimate Careers Homepage.