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Pre-Employment Skills Testing

Have you ever had a bad hire? Of course you have! You’ve taken to the internet and found articles, graphics, and videos showcasing how much a bad hire costs. Hiring the wrong person for your business can cost you clients, and hours of sleep. Bad hires can be minimized with pre-employment skills test. An alternative way to think of it is you are hiring a person who has the necessary skills necessary to complete your tasks correctly.

pre-employment skills testing

Skill tests gives you a deeper understanding of your candidates

The best pre-employment assessments focus on knowledge or personality traits. The skills they measure include soft and hard skills. For example a secretary may need to take a typing test and type 60 wpm. If you are unsure what counts for hard vs soft skills we have given you a little summary.

Types of pre-employment testing

Hard Skills

  • Proficiency in a foreign language
  • A degree or certificate
  • Typing speed
  • Machine operation
  • Computer programming

Soft Skills

  • Communication
  • Flexibility
  • Leadership
  • Motivation
  • Patience
  • Persuasion
  • Problem Solving Abilities
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Work Ethic

ApplicantPro holds all your skills test in one convenient place. We make it easy for you to simply click which tests you like and send them to your applicants. We save you time and you get to see a larger picture of which candidates you want to move further into you hiring process.

Let us help customize which assessments would be right for your business. Talk to one of ApplicantPro’s expert hiring specialists.

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