The Critical Thinking Assessment - A Powerful Hiring & Development Tool
Hiring managerial talent is a tricky business—resumes and interviews often don’t tell you what you really need to know. Even developing talent can be difficult—how can you be sure you’re getting an accurate picture of the person’s strengths and weaknesses? Assessments take the guesswork out of HR’s toughest challenges. Especially critical thinking assessments. That's because studies show that critical thinking is the foundation for virtually every workplace skill and ability.
Sample Critical Thinking Question
Click the image below to see the type of question your job candidates or employees will answer. It requires them to make correct inferences based on the evidence presented. Can you answer correctly?
"Thinking" Ability is Hard to See on a Resume, But Easy With Assessments
Despite being such as important skill, critical thinking is hard to identify. That’s where assessments like the Watson-Glaser™ II come in. One proven technique is to give the Watson-Glaser II to top performers in current jobs—and see how candidates match up. Who has the right critical-thinking success factors?
The critical thinking assessment is also a powerful development tool for managers and executives who want insight into their strengths and gaps. If you just want to know your thinking style, My Thinking Styles™ is your tool.
Hundreds of HR departments integrate Pearson’s talent assessments into their selection, development, retention and succession-planning programs—and have the successful leaders to show for it.
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Assessments Are a Proven Tool
There is a strong predictability between general cognitive ability and job performance - as high as .51 and .58 in studies
Using assessments as a screening tool has proven to increase performance as well as reduce turnover by 30%
Hiring the wrong person typically costs an organization 150% of an employee’s salary
Using assessments has proven to increase the defensibility of a selection system
CT in Real Life
Researchers at Vanderbilt University found that cognitive ability predicted creativity, including number of patents produced.
Nurse educators with high scores on an assessment of critical thinking dispositions were the most likely to implement research knowledge into their daily practice.
Cognitive ability predicts negative on-the-job actions and outcomes for police officers, such as excessive use of force, racially offensive conduct, number of citizen complaints, and at-fault car accidents.
