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About Pearson
Pearson is an international media company & a global leader in educational publishing, assessment, business information and services. We have our operations in 60 countries, with 34000 strong global work force. Through acquisitions, strategic alliances, and organic growth, we have put in place all the pieces necessary to create the world's leading learning company. These include the most comprehensive range of educational programmes; leadership in testing, assessment, and enterprise software; and the very best in online consumer and professional learning. Pearson owns:
Pearson Education - The world's leading education company Financial Times Group - World's leading business information companies, The Penguin Group - The world-famous Penguin brand is the label of quality from novels and classics to cookbooks - and much more - around the world.
Pearson Education is the worlds leading education company. Leading brands: Longman, Prentice Hall, Addison Wellesley, Scott Foresman
The Financial Times is the most international source of business news, data and analysis. Leading brands: FT, Economist, IDC
The Penguin Group is one of the worlds great consumer publishers. Fiction, non-fiction, reference books
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Ability Assessments
Personality Assessments
SOSIE
D5D
GOLDEN
Ability Testing
Inference - The ability to evaluate the validity of inferences drawn from a series of factual statements. Recognition of assumptions - The ability to identify unstated assumptions or presuppositions in a series of assertive statements. Deduction - The ability to determine whether certain conclusions necessarily follow from the information in given statements or premises. Interpretation - The ability to weigh evidence and decide if generalisations or conclusions based on the given data are warranted. Evaluation of arguments - The ability to distinguish between arguments that are strong and relevant and those that are weak or irrelevant regarding a particular issue.
Ability Testing
RANRA
The Rust Advanced Numerical Reasoning Appraisal (RANRA) measures higher-level numerical reasoning . Numerical reasoning ability is vital for employees who need to make decisions using financial statements, trends and statistics, sales data, performance metrics and other information.
It is used in conjunction with the Watson-Glaser, offering a demanding, high level assessment of numerical and verbal reasoning skills when recruiting in the highly competitive management market.
RANRA can accurately predict a candidate's ability to identify the following
most important information from a set of data, compare complex quantitative information, and break down information into essential parts.
Ability Testing
Administration: Individual -40 to 60 minutes, two sets, 48 items. Paper & Pencil Online coming soon.
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Ability Testing
The RAVENs Standard Progressive Matrices (SPM): Suitable for supervisory/entry level management positions and mid-level positions Ravens SPM contains 60 items split across 5 sets (A - E) proportionately
Ability Testing
Ability Testing
Space Relations How well can you visualise, or form mental pictures of, solid objects from looking at flat paper plans? How well can you think in three dimensions?
Personality Assessments
SOSIE
D5D
Personality Assessments
SOSIE
Sosie, the ECPA personality test, can be used to show what makes the person being assessed stick to his/her motivations. Sosie personality inventory measure 9 character traits and 12 values. The applicant reads 98 series of sentences (character assessment then value system) and is required to choose the ones that best describe him/her, least describe him/her and the ones that reflect what he/she considers as the most and least important things in life. The standard result enables the assessor to put forward hypotheses regarding the character traits and values that are specific to each individual. It provides useful information in recruiting, coaching, career management and professional assessments
Personality Assessments
Because it combines two complementary approaches, the behaviour and motivations, SOSIE promotes a dynamic and thorough knowledge of people.
Personality Assessments
D5D
D5D stands for Description in 5 Dimensions of Personality . It is a brief ipsative test of the big five personality traits of :
Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness to experience, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.
In D5D there are 11 sets of 5 adjectives over which the applicant s are assessed. It is short & crisp test which takes less than10 minutes to complete & yields candidate's personality profile :
With complete description of the results in each dimension, Cross dimensional score "high" or "low". Guide to questioning which indicates the relevant questions to be asked to the candidate, vis-a-vis his profile and scores.
It has been specifically designed to be quick and easy to use for recruitment and screening of job applicants at all levels.
Personality Assessments
The Golden Personality Type Profiler is used to:
Guide employees toward better understanding of their own behaviours, attitudes, career goals, and preferences Build a solid foundation for team development dialogue Understand an individuals work style relative to others
ADMINISTRATION: 25 minutes, Online MEASURES FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS: Extroverting vs Introverting Sensing vs iNtuiting Thinking vs Feeling Judging vs Perceiving (4th dimension also available in: Organizing vs Adapting ) Tense vs Calm APPLICATION in Corporate: Employee Development Executive Coaching Career Planning Teambuilding Sales Force Training, and more!
Selection & Recruitment / Turnkey Ability and Aptitude testing Training Need Identification Team Analysis & Development Performance & Potential appraisal Career and Succession Planning Diagnosis of Performance Problems and recommendation of solutions Vocational Education & Career Counseling Competency gap assessment Certification and Orientation programs on SOSIE and GOLDEN
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