What It Is
The Guardian asks direct admission questions concerning
an applicant's history, as related to the job,
regarding job-related theft, alcohol and drug
usage, and provides a risk factor for the individual.
The Guardian further measures an individual's
ability to perform simple math functions, i.e.,
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division,
as may be required on the job.
In addition, the Guardian assessment measures
two mental aptitudes-mental acuity and numerical
perception-and the following ten personal dimensions
exhibited within an individual as they relate
to the job description the individual is being
assessed for:
Energy
- energy and drive level; how tension and stress
are handled
Flexibility - integrity, reliability,
dependability and work ethics
Organization - ability to plan and utilize
time wisely
Communication - individual's desire to
meet and interact with people
Emotional Development - level of self-confidence
and ability handle pressure
Assertiveness - whether a person is a
leader or a follower
Competitiveness - whether a person is
team-spirited or individualistically competitive
Mental Toughness - ability to persevere
and deal with obstacles in life without giving
up
Questioning/Probing - desire to ask questions
and probe
Motivation - whether person is security-motivated
or recognition, incentive and commission oriented
The Guardian assessment report contains the following
segments:
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The narrative segment, which briefly explains
each aptitude and personality dimension that
is being assessed in the report and how the
individual has scored in each, compared to
the job.
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A pictorial analysis comparing the individual's
actual scores to the desirable benchmarks*
for the job. These benchmarks may be derived
for an individual company based on their own
successful people in the job, derived based
on the job description, or the person can
be assessed against Candidate Resources' data
base of people who are successful in those
jobs.
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Behaviorally-oriented interview questions
an employer can use in a second interview
situation.
The Guardian is for skilled, semi-skilled, technical,
basic entry level, administrative and a variety
of other jobs where it is important that the
individual hired for the job has the aptitudes,
behavioral traits, low risk factor and math
skills required in the successful performance
of the job.
* Benchmarks are the aptitudes, traits and their
levels required by a job.
