Course Content
Theory
-21st Century trends in
assessment
-A new model integrating
behaviour, motivation, competency and culture
-Understanding the development
of WAVE
-Reviewing validity, reliability
and test construction
-What’s new in Aptitude
Assessment
-Quantifying the Return
on Investment
-Ethical & practical
considerations in assessment
Usage
-Interpreting Saville Consulting
WAVE™ styles
-Response Styles and controlling
distortion
-Understanding Talent and
Motive
-Using Facets of Behaviour
to understand the unique individual
-Interpreting the dual dynamic
response format
-Aptitude Test sub-scores,
response styles and profiles
Applications
-Giving Feedback
-Assessing Talent and Motive,
Culture and Environment Fit
-Competency Potential
-Using WAVE Focus Types
Report
-Getting more from Aptitude
testing
-On-line and off-line solutions
The course will enable delegates
to:
-Understand the implications
for testing, brought about by information technology and
other changes in the workplace
-Understand how the multi-dimensional
nature of WAVE can revolutionise assessment in their organisation
-Interpret and provide feedback
on the reports to individuals and line managers
-Assist with counselling
and coaching employees
-Choose the right instrument
-Effectively argue the cost-benefit
case
-Network with other experienced
users
-Discuss their own specific
issues with a highly experienced trainer
-Be a registered user
Who
is the course for?
The course is for those who currently already have a good
knowledge of personality assessment - usually assessed by
way of the British Psychological Society's Level B Certificate
of Competence in Occupational Testing. It is for current
PsyAsia clients who would like to make use of the Saville
Consulting range of tests in their organisations and/or
consulting work.
Course facilitator
Scott Ruhfus, Managing
Director Saville Consulting Asia Pacific
BA Hons (Syd), MAPS, MAICD, Registered Psychologist
Scott Ruhfus is an organizational psychologist with 30 years
experience in human resources, consulting and management.
He is part of the management team that looks after Saville
Consulting clients in the Asia Pacific region.
Scott is a passionate advocate
for the role of assessment as an aid to organizational effectiveness
and individual satisfaction. He has assisted many organizations
in the region to do just that and he has the practical experience
of seeing both sides of the fence, first as a user, then
as an adviser and trainer.
Scott's testing expertise
is in the development of decision support systems and reporting
formats which address the practical need to identify, develop
and retain talent, and to do it better than the competition.
He has led projects as diverse as pilot selection for airlines
and entry level screening for retail banks.
With his management experience
and behavioural background he now also coaches and counsels
senior executives in a number of public and private companies
as well as the professional services sector.
Until 2002, he was President,
Asia Pacific, of SHL, having joined the fledgling Australian
office in 1988. Early on, he helped to introduce modern
concepts in testing to the Australian and other regional
markets, and later, was involved in product development
and strategy. He has headed the Australian HR function of
3 multinationals, and was a military psychologist before
that.
Scott has a degree in psychology
from Sydney University, is a Registered Psychologist and
a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
He has enjoyed a close link to the profession, speaking
at many seminars on advances in testing and assessment,
taking an active interest in the postgraduate training of
business psychologists, and serving on a number of professional
committees. He is a past Chair of the Australian Psychological
Society's College of Organisational Psychologists in Sydney.
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