Testimonials

Have you read the brand new edition of "Hire with your Head", by Lou Adler?

"Hire With Your Head: Using Performance-Based Hiring to Build Great Teams"

Lou Adler is a noted recruiting industry expert, national speaker, and columnist for a number of major recruiting sites, including HR.com, ERExchange.com, Kennedy Information, and Workforce Management magazine.

On page 191 of "Hire with your Head", Mr. Adler writes:

"The Profile XT from Profiles International is a combination of personal style and cognitive tests.  I use it 100 percent of the time before making a final hiring decision either for my company or for one of our search clients.  While not foolproof, it offers great value.

It's longer than most, with additional questions that increase reliability.  The Profile XT also measures what they call Thinking Style, a form of general mental ability.  The Profile also adds in a measure of occupational interests, which most assessment tools ignore.  This has some value when comparing these results to the deep job-matching process aspects of the performance-based interview.  The personality section is comparable to other tests, but the report itself is very useful, especially the comparative graphs and charts. 

The Profile XT can be taken online, so it's easy to send a link to the candidate.  It takes about one hour to complete and is worth the added time since it covers additional material.

I recommend the Profile XT as a useful preemployment hiring tool because it covers both cognitive ability and personality style."