17 Jun 2025

rightpeople candidate testing
In an increasingly competitive business environment, accurately identifying and harnessing talent has become essential for organisational success. At RightPeople, APAC's leading provider of psychometric and skills testing, we have consistently set the standard in our industry, offering unparalleled accuracy, innovation, and expertise. Our advanced use of artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

30 May 2025

psychometric assessment in the workplace
In today’s competitive business landscape, finding the right talent is more challenging—and more crucial—than ever before. Traditional recruitment methods often fall short in identifying candidates who will truly excel in their roles. This is where psychometric testing is revolutionising the recruitment process, providing human resources professionals with data-driven insights that go fa...

23 Apr 2025

Outplacement psychometrics
Outplacement programs have become a crucial resource for organisations dedicated to supporting employees through career transitions, particularly during restructures or redundancies. These programs not only reflect a company's commitment to employee wellbeing but also help maintain morale among remaining staff. A powerful tool that enhances the effectiveness of these programs is the inte...

27 Mar 2025

Psychometrics vs Interviews
When you’re building a team, the goal is simple: hire the right people for the right roles. But in practice, that’s anything but easy. Most hiring managers still rely heavily on interviews—but are interviews the most reliable way to assess a candidate? Or is there a smarter way to hire? Enter psychometric testing: a data-driven, scientifically validated approach to measuring personali...

19 Mar 2025

graduate psychometric test
In the highly competitive landscape of graduate recruitment, employers are constantly seeking ways to identify the most suitable candidates for their organisations. Traditional methods such as reviewing academic achievements and conducting interviews provide valuable insights, but they often fail to offer a comprehensive evaluation of a candidate’s potential. One of the most effective to...

10 Jul 2024

CHC Theory RightPeople
Many psychometric tests used in business nowadays make no reference to how they were developed or even worse, have no well recognised theory guiding their development at all. The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory is a prominent model in the field of psychometrics that RightPeople use to guide test development, which provides a scientifically validated and comprehensive framewo...

07 Oct 2023

Introduction: In today's competitive job market, organisations are constantly seeking ways to identify the most qualified candidates for their teams. Cognitive tests have emerged as a valuable tool in the recruitment process, enabling employers to assess the cognitive abilities of potential employees. By measuring various aspects of cognition, these tests provide valuable insights int...

13 Mar 2023

Cognitive testing
Cognitive ability tests are an important tool in the recruitment process, as they provide valuable insights into a candidate's mental abilities and potential job performance. These tests measure an individual's cognitive skills, including their ability to learn, reason, problem-solve, and adapt to new situations. In this blog, we will explore the benefi...

15 Jul 2018

Multitasking
When dividing attention between two tasks (Multitasking), people need to find the most efficient ways of allocating their attentional or processing resources between the tasks. It is reasonable to presume that people with higher levels of intelligence will be better able to allocate their processing resources efficiently. This was investigated in a study by Ben-Shakhar and Sheffer. Read ...

04 Jun 2018

Personality Assessment
In the world of personality assessment there are numerous tools that are used to measure and understand personality. A trait approach to personality has been in existence since the early 1900's, and it has been the aim of many researchers to identify which are the most useful underlying factors to consider - with numerous studies dedicated to this topic. Many of the largest and most r...