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A talent development assessment evaluates an employee’s current competencies, knowledge, and traits to identify areas of growth. Talent development assessments are often used to evaluate an employee’s potential for advancement, plan for succession of critical roles, or help an employee grow.
The following guide will explore the benefits of talent development assessments, how they work, and their typical use cases.
Organizations that utilize development assessments see benefits such as:
Development assessments work by measuring employees against an established set of desired criteria, and the assessment is typically composed of a series of questions in a digital form. The assessment criteria is set by the organization on a role or employee basis and can cover cognitive aptitude, personality, skill, and competency tests.
To use a development assessment, the organization first needs to develop one or purchase one from an assessment vendor. Typical considerations include the criteria of evaluation and the purpose of the assessment.
Once the assessment is administered, managers will typically use the information to provide feedback to the employee based on the assessment results. This can take the form of a performance review discussion, and often leads to future goal setting and development planning.
Development assessments can support a variety of use cases, including:
Development assessments are a useful tool for growing existing talent within your organization. These assessments also offer many useful benefits, such as improved productivity and retention. Finally, development assessments can help evaluate existing employees for both new and existing roles.
HighMatch Develop is a development assessment solution that supports coaching, development and succession planning using assessments personalized by our team of workplace psychologists.
All HighMatch assessments are built by I-O Psychologists according to the latest standards in the field and have undergone rigorous analysis to ensure validity, reliability, and fairness across multiple device types.
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