Choosing one candidate for a position out of five can be overwhelming, let alone fifty. Where does an employer begin to differentiate? I’ve heard an array of different responses including: referrals, instincts, a better resume, or great interviewing skills. True that each of these provides useful information about a candidate, however none use objectivity. Selecting the right individual for a position entails understanding more than a first encounter allows, and personality testing alone does not give the cognitive abilities of a candidate.

The solution to hiring the right person is knowing both personality traits and mental aptitudes. The combination of these two provides a great insight to how well they will perform in a given position. Enter The Achiever: a proven assessment used to separate “A” performers from “C” performers (a difference of at least 50% productivity).

It is not an understatement to say that hiring or promoting the wrong person can cost a company thousands of dollars; in time, training, and lost opportunities.

Placing an individual in the most productive environment for their potential is in the best interest of the company. Let’s say that you have a candidate that is very personable and punctual, but is not self motivated or has a slower learning speed. This may suggest that an outside sales position is not in the best interest for the candidate or company.  Finding this out prior to hiring or promoting the individual is ideal, no?

The Achiever measures an individual’s potential and identifies their true talents and best placement for their skills. It measures six mental aptitudes, ten personality traits, and two validity scales, and then delivers specific conclusions. Achiever benefits:

• Determines the fit of candidates for a particular position
• Provides insight for the employer with how to engage employees
• Provides objective analysis
• Identifies improvement areas
• Describes their personality traits and mental aptitudes
• Enhances team building

The results are formed from Benchmarking, which provides a range of scores required for successful performance of a particular job. The reliability of this assessment is unrivaled, and the reason I have depended on it for myself and businesses that I consult. It identifies the best candidate for administrative, sales and management positions, and others. I cannot emphasize enough how crucial to a business’ success it is to understand the potential and the improvement areas of its employees.

If you are interested in learning more, please give us a call at 775.826.8282, we would love to answer your questions.

Success doesn’t come to you. You must go to it.

You don’t need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity. What you need is to use what you have.

The golden opportunity you’re seeking is in yourself. It’s not in your environment. It’s not in luck or chance or the help of others. It’s in you.

There will always be a new opportunity where there is an open mind and a willing hand.

You must make your own opportunities.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

Prepare for your future, don’t live in the past. Savor your good memories, and use any bad ones as lessons in life. You need to focus on your future not on your past.

Carve out a niche for yourself in your imagined future. Think, feel and see yourself as successful. To achieve any goal in life, you need to project your end result.

Think of the elation, the satisfaction, the joy you’ll feel when you reach your goal. Carry these ecstatic feelings with you every day and they’ll bring your desired goals into view.

Sooner or later, you can win, if you think you can. The cards you are dealt in life are less important than the way you play them. Everyday you’re offered a new deal and new cards.

Success is out there for you. Don’t wait for it to come to you, go out and find it.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

Don’t think about the things you can’t do. Think about the things you can do. No matter what the level of your ability is, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations to what you can do except the limitations of your own mind.

Your range of available choices right now is limitless. Look at things as they can be. Never say never.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread. Every time you repeat the act you strengthen the strand. You add to it another filament with each repetition, until it becomes a great cable and binds you irrevocably to each thought and act.

First you make your habits and then they make you.

Your thoughts lead you to your purpose. Your purpose always manifests into action. Your actions form your habits. Your habits determine your character, and your character fixes your destiny.

Your habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

Whatever you want in life, you must give up something to get it. The greater the value, the greater the sacrifice required of you.

There’s a price to pay if you want to make things better, and a price you’ll pay for just leaving things as they are.

Nothing worthwhile comes easily to anyone. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last. Don’t let the fear of change stop you from pursuing your dreams.

There is no success at bargain basement prices. You must pay a price for success.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

People who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. Experiencing failure is inevitable on your journey to be successful. Every defeat is merely an installment to victory.

You’ll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times you fail and keep trying. You won’t be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of times you succeed.

Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

You can’t be a winner and be afraid to lose.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

There can be no great courage when there is no confidence or assurance. Half the battle is in the conviction that you can accomplish what you undertake.

With practice you’ll come to a point of competence in anything. You’ll find yourself accomplishing your goals with grace and confidence.

It’s then that you’ll do things that you never dreamed you could do. You’ll discover powers you never knew existed.

Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s the result of constant work and dedication. If you’re prepared, you’re able to feel confident.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business. The time to repair your roof is when the sun is shining. Do things before they need to be done.

Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. Position yourself ahead of time in the best place for you.

You’ll gain the advantage in any situation through the medium of time. When you think ahead of any approaching action you’ll always have the advantage. You’ll be the winner.

When you do what is necessary, all the odds are in your favor to attain the success you seek.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)

There is no sudden leap to greatness. Your success lies in doing day by day. Your upward reach will come from working well and carefully.

Good work done little by little becomes great work. The house of success is built brick by brick.

Adopt the pace of nature.  The secret is patience. A bottle fills drop by drop.

(Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)