Adversity Quotient Profile: An Effective Psychometric tool to hire the finest aspirant for contemporary organizations
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 12
Abstract
The AQ Profile is popular in today’s scenario as it has been tested widely and it is free from all sorts of biases across say gender, ethnicity and age and is proven to be the most robust instrument in today’s existence for measuring and developing human resilience. According to top researchers, business leaders consistently underestimate the cost of poor hiring decisions which includes various factors like cost of recruiting, time involved recruitment process, selection with pre and post screening, placement, additional training and development and all HR efforts put in to grow a single employee. It also considers the effects of a bad hire like on employee morale, productivity and customer retention costs when the employee under performs. The employees with right attitude contribute to the company’s growth, success, stability and prosperity. This paper aims to understand as how AQ Profile plays a key role in the recruitment and selection of finest aspirants who are resilient and are required for today’s contemporary organizations that can deliver the best for the present demanding circumstances and also ensures to minimize the risk factors associated with a bad hire. It is evident that AQ has helped many companies improve employee’s customer service and sales, strengthen employee morale, develop resilient leaders, create high performing teams and hire high performing people.AQ Profile is the only statistically valid and reliable tool in existence for measuring AQ which is simple, quick, user friendly and inexpensive.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. J Venkatesh, G. Shivaranjani
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