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New Certification Program Trains HR Professionals to Use Hogan Personality
Inventory Tool for Hiring and Coaching
As personality assessment rapidly becomes a best practice" for companies in selecting and developing high-caliber employees, Performance Programs, Inc. has announced professional certification seminars for the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI), a leading assessment tool. Please see our announcement below.
Old Saybrook, CT (HRmarketer/PRWEB ) February 2, 2005 -- Personality assessment is rapidly becoming a best practice" for companies interested in selecting and developing high-caliber employees. Given the expense of hiring and training people, companies are seeking to predict which job candidates will strive for success, work well with others, build good customer relationships, follow through on assignments, offer innovative ideas, and are driven to learn. In response, Performance Programs Inc. will offer three professional certification seminars on the leading personality instrument for the workplace, the Hogan Personality Inventory (HPI). Seminars are scheduled on March 10, June 9, and September 8, 2005, in Old Saybrook, CT.
The Hogan Personality Inventory offers a business-based assessment of personality, unlike most personality tests, and is designed specifically to predict occupational success. The certification seminar is geared to help Human Resource practitioners and consultants administer, interpret and provide coaching to individuals based on HPI results. They will also learn how to use two other validated personality instruments by Hogan Assessment Systems, the Hogan Development Survey, and the Motivation, Values, and Preferences Inventory.
Participants will learn about the optimal uses of all three validated instruments, their history and development, and the specialized reports that are available. Each participant receives hands-on experience interpreting his or her own report. Investment for the one-day seminar is $995, and includes testing for the participant, a technical manual, a seminar manual, and follow-up coaching by telephone.
For further information, or to register, call Sonya Hamilton at 1-800-565-4223 or visit the Web site: www.performanceprograms.com. Hogan Personality Inventory is published by Hogan Assessment Systems of Tulsa, OK. Performance Programs is an authorized distributor and certification training provider for Hogan Assessments.
SIDEBAR: About Hogan Assessment Systems personality instruments
The Hogan Personality Inventory has a successful 25-year track record in predicting employee performance and helping companies improve bottom-line business results such as reducing turnover, absenteeism, shrinkage, and poor customer service. The HPI was the first Five-Factor personality inventory developed specifically for the business community and, through an ongoing program of research and development, the HPI continues to maintain its industry-leading position. The inventory offers a variety of unique features:
· Provides a comprehensive, business-based assessment of personality
· Designed specifically to predict occupational success
· Can be used for selection or development
· Results are available in a variety of selection and development report formats
· Based on the Five-Factor Model
· Developed exclusively on working adults
· Normed on more than 500,000 working adults worldwide
· Validated on more than 200 occupations covering all major industries
· No invasive or intrusive items
· No adverse impact
· Fully Internet-enabled
· Available in multiple languages
This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.
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