A DISC Profile is a
technique that uses a simple questionnaire as a basis
for revealing insights into a person's behavior.
Recruiters around the world have been using this
technique for decades, but now myDISCprofile
gives you the chance to see your own DISC profile. C
Profile is a technique that uses a simple questionnaire
A DISC Profile can help
you explore many different features of your own personal
style, including your approach to home and work life,
your communication style and motivation, your particular
strengths, and a lot more besides. To show you just what
you can learn from a DISC profile, they have provided a
range of sample reports on the site.
Because so many
recruiters use DISC, your profile can be a valuable
jobseeking aid, too. Your DISC profile shows you the
kind of information potential employers will have access
to, helping you to plan your approach to maximize your
potential.
There are many ways of
evaluating an individual's skills or approach, and
predicting their likely behavior from the results.
At one end of the scale
are fairly simple tests designed to evaluate specific
skills and abilities, such as an examination or driving
test. At the other end of the scale lie batteries of
personality tests, designed to build as complete a
picture of a person's style and approach, in general
terms, as possible.
DISC lies somewhere
between these two poles. While it isn't a full
'personality test' in the strict technical sense, it
provides an insight into an individual style that is
more than adequate to predict the likely trends of their
behavior in the future. It does this by evaluating four
key factors in an individual style, rather than the
sixteen or more that are often seen in full personality
tests (for example, DISC makes no attempt to measure
such factors as intelligence).
This confers the
advantage of greater accessibility: while a full test
battery will often contain literally hundreds of
questions, and take hours to complete, a DISC profile
questionnaire contains only twenty-four, and can be
usually be performed in fifteen minutes or less. This
also provides advantages in the area of interpretation;
while the interpretation of results from a full test
remains in the province of experts, DISC results are
sufficiently well-defined that their interpretation can
be almost completely automated.
At its most basic
level, DISC measures four factors of an individual's
behavior: Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and
Compliance. These are fairly complex constructs, and
aren't easily expressed in single words, but they can be
characterized as assertiveness, communication, patience
and structure. (You can find much more information on
these four factors in the DISC Factors section of this
site).
The real power of DISC,
though, comes from its ability to interpret the
relations between these factors. For example where a
highly Dominant person has an equally high level of
Influence, they will behave quite differently to an
equally Dominant individual without that Influence. The
factors combine like this to provide (theoretically)
around one million different 'profiles' (that is,
combinations of the four factors).
Using this information,
DISC can be used to describe a person's general
approach, including their motivations and dislikes,
strengths and weaknesses, and some of the basic
assumptions they make about other people. It can also go
far in helping to predict how a person will react to a
specific set of circumstances.
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Using behavioral profiling tools helps candidates understand more
about themselves and the roles for which they are most
suited
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myDISCprofile
will map your behavioral style and motivations to
help in job matching
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Gain
benefits in terms of CV writing and interview
preparation
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A
Disc profile will also help you focus on your
strengths and differentiate yourself from others
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Generate
easy to understand profile reports which can be
passed on to prospective employers
The
DISC Profiler is not a test!
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There
are no right or wrong answers.
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There
are no better or worse profiles.
In
order for you to get the most out of your Discus report,
please…
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Relax!
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Complete the test in one sitting (approximately
15 minutes).
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Consider the alternatives fully before answering.
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Answer truthfully and honestly.
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Don’t try to predict or infer what the
questions are about.
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Answer the questions in a way that reflects your
normal behavior at work.
If you follow these guidelines,
Discus will produce a behavioral profile that will
better enable yourself and your employer to understand
the ways in which you work.
Learning to understand your behavior is one of
the most vital skills in business and in life. It’s a skill that we all possess, and one that we learn more
and more about throughout our lives.
However, don't take our word for it. As you can see from
the following quotes, psychometric testing is fast
becoming an integral part of the recruitment process.
"It has been estimated that some 70 per cent of UK
organizations test their workforce either for
personality or ability before making a job offer or
conferring a promotion."
- Personnel Today magazine
"After I got the job, my employer told me that the
results of my psychometric test were the deciding factor
when offering me the job over the other candidates"
- Patrick Reynolds (Design Engineer)
Caribbean
Resourcing Solution's candidates can create and view
their own psychometric profile using the Discus Online
Service for just £19
Please note that CRS is willing to
assist with credit card payments for the test - just
call us at 222-6911
(This offer is for Trinidadians living in Trinidad only)
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