Introducing The Achiever
The Achiever is America's premier job-related assessment.
The Achiever's record includes 40 years of continuous use by employers throughout America without discriminatory finding against any employer for its use.
The Achiever is professionally validated, and utilizes benchmarking capability to ensure that it is job related. The Achiever meets and exceeds the Office of Federal Contract Program's (OFCCP) validation requirements.
The Achiever is taken online with results immediately available.
Individuals who take the Achiever are compared to the requirements of the job for which they are being considered (benchmarks).
The Achiever measures six Mental Aptitudes, ten job-related behaviors and two validity scales that verify the accuracy of the Achiever results.
The six Mental Aptitudes measured by the Achiever are:
- Mental Acuity - learning comprehension, judgment, reasoning and problem-solving ability
- Business Terms - knowledge of basic business terms
- Memory Recall - knowledge of current events as they relate to the job
- Vocabulary - general English vocabulary skills
- Numerical Perception - ability to handle numerically related tasks quickly and accurately
- Mechanical Interest - measures interest in the mechanical area
The ten Personality (i.e., Behavioral) Dimensions measured by the Achiever are:
- Energy - energy, drive, tension and stress levels
- Flexibility - integrity, reliability, dependability and work ethics
- Organization - personal orientation to plan and utilize time wisely
- Communication - innate ability to meet and interact with people
- Emotional Development - ego, self-esteem, self-confidence and ability to handle pressure
- Assertiveness - strength and determination to get one's way
- Competitiveness - team orientation versus individualistic competitiveness
- Mental Toughness - psychological stamina to deal with life and job problems
- Questioning/Probing - instinct to question and probe rather than accepting things at face value
- Motivation - security-motivated or recognition, incentive and commission oriented
The Achiever contains two validity scales to assess the accuracy of the Achiever report:
- Distortion - frankness of the respondent as related to the statistical validity of the personality dimensions
- Equivocation - consistent decision-making of the respondent as it relates to the accuracy of the personality dimensions measured
The Achiever is for management, supervision, technical, administrative and other jobs of all types above entry level.
The Sales Version of the Achiever
This version of The Achiever is for sales and customer service people.
And Best Hire
The Best Hire offers employers a solution for selecting the best candidates for entry level and hourly job openings. Through Best Hire, candidates are assessed to determine whether they are dependable workers, and whether they will be a fit for positions that are available. The Best Hire site provides access to unique online assessment technology that results in a dependability rating and a job fit rating for each candidate:
The Dependability Report
Provides a brief report on trustworthiness, reliability and dependability, with a rating of A (Highly Recommended), B (Recommended) or C (Not Recommended) is provided.
Basic Job Fit
Briefly evaluates a job candidate's fit to a job in the areas of ability to meet and deal with people, customer service orientation, team spirit and dependability. Factors involved are:
- Drive and ability to withstand stress
- Trustworthiness, reliability and integrity
- Ability to meet and deal with people
- Ego strength, confidence and frustration tolerance level
- Level of dominance and willingness to accept orders from others
- Stamina and perseverance in the face of obstacles
View a Sample Best Hire Report