Employee Personality Type Tests Key Terms

Some key terms for employee personality type tests

By J. Stoltzfus, writer/programmer LOCAL CITIZEN

With hiring becoming a more precision-oriented field, many HR departments in all sizes of businesses are turning to an advances set of tools for figuring out predictions on the potential of those who go through a company's doors. One main tool is employee personality testing, where a business can use data on the individual to find out where he would fit into a company. HR staff have several different kinds of options for employee personality testing and knowing about some of the key terms will help beginners make better decisions.

Self perception

Self perception is one tactic involved in a lot of employee personality type tests in which an employee gives direct feedback on themselves.
Try: Learn more about self perception personality type resources at Social Style.

Temperament

This term is very important to employee personality type profiling. Temperament is a way of measuring certain factors in a person's general psychological makeup.
Try: Read a definition of temperament and other terms used in employee personality type tests at Self Growth.

Employer liability

Although employee personality type tests can be great resources for figuring out potential, employers have to be careful, as there are legal issues around using this kind of HR tool. This can lead to "employer liability" if a court finds that the tests were not compliant with federal regulations or discrimination laws.
Try: Find more on employer liability issues with personality tests at Business Management Daily.

Meyers Briggs

The Myers Briggs test is a very common personality test that businesses may use to evaluate employees. The Myers Briggs contains several basic personality types that employers contrast with each other to determine best roles and policies for employees.
Try: See the basics on Myers Briggs at this Myers Briggs Introduction.

Profile

A profile is a set of data about an individual that HR departments or others use to make good decisions, usually with the individual's participation. An employee personality profile is the results of tests that show a "portrait" of the person who was tested.
Try: Check out a definition on a personality profile from What Is. Read up on using employee personality type profiles and tests at the Rainmaker Group.

Psychometric testing

Along with "personality tests," some employers opt for psychometric testing. The difference is that psychometric testing covers more general behavioral aspects that would not fit into a "personality" type profile. Psychometric testing can test an individual's strengths and weaknesses, cognitive abilities and more.
Try: Find out more about psychometric testing at Psych Press online.